A-lĕx′i-phăr′mie or A-lĕx′i-phăr′mie-al1, a.
a. [Gr. ἀλεξιφάρμακος, keeping off poison; ἀλεξίζειν, to keep off, and φάρμακον, drug, poison; Fr. alexipharmaque.] (Med.) Expelling or resisting poison, antidotal.