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cantharic, a.|kænˈθærɪk| [f. canthar-ides + -ic.] In cantharic acid, a substance of the same composition as cantharidin (Syd. Soc. Lex.). So canˈtharidal a. Med., pertaining to, made with, or caused by cantharides. canˈtharidate n., a salt of cantharidic acid. canˈtharidate v., to impregnate or treat with cantharides. canthaˈridian, -iˈdean, of the nature of, or composed of, cantharides. canthaˈridic a., of the nature of cantharides, as in cantharidic acid, a development of cantharidin by the absorption of one equivalent of water. canˈtharidin, the vesicating principle of cantharides; also called canthariˈdinic acid. canˈtharidism, the poisonous action of cantharides. canˈtharidize v., to affect or treat with cantharides (esp. as an aphrodisiac); also fig.
1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. ii. iv. 534 Cantharidal collodion can be applied to the skin. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 563 A constant symptom in cantharidal poisoning. 1881Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Cantharidate of potash. 1786Burns Holy Fair xiii, O how they fire the heart devout, Like cantharidian plasters. 1873Morley Rousseau II. 29 He writes..like a pedagogue infected by some cantharidean philter. 1833Carlyle Misc. (1857) III. 268 His love-philtres, his cantharidic wine of Egypt. 1877Watts Fownes' Chem. II. 608 Heated with alkalis it [cantharidin] dissolves, forming salts of cantharidic acid. 1819J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 309 Cantharadin has the form of small crystalline plates with a shining micaceous appearance. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. iii. 131 Cantharidin..taken internally, is a virulent poison. 1812Southey Omniana II. 223 He may..very probably have cantharidized it [the language of a book] to the taste of the French court. 1832Mitford Parnell's Poems (Aldine ed.) Life 37 note, He has cantharadised the story. |