释义 |
tonico- combining form from Gr. τονικός tonic, used to form compounds in sense ‘combining a tonic and (some other) quality’: see quot.
1840Pereira Mat. Med. II. 1189 In its remote effects myrrh partakes of both the tonic and stimulant characters, and hence some have denominated it a tonico-stimulant; and as its stimulant powers are analogous to those of the balsams, it has also been called a tonico-balsamic. |