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therˈmantic, a. (n.) Med. Now rare or Obs.
[ad. Gr. θερµαντικός, f. θερµαίνειν to heat. Cf. F. thermantique (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
That promotes warmth; heating, calefacient.
1748tr. Renatus' Distemp. Horses 175 The Animal must be warmed with thermantick Drenches. 1768[W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull II. xii. 81 He then pulled out of his pocket a large phial of thermantic ingredients, which he had prepared..the night before. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Thermanticus, promoting warmth;..thermantic.
B. as n. A heating medicine, a calefacient.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Thermanticks, Medicines that cause Heat. |