A remedy for psora. Cf. antipsoric, n. Obsolete. rare.

A kind of superfatted soft soap containing glycerine, sometimes used as a base for dermatological ointments.

An organic arsenical compound (esp. as formerly used hypodermically in skin diseases).

A sulphone given as tablets and by injection in the treatment of leprosy and dermatitis herpetiformis; bis(4-aminophenyl)sulphone, (H2N·C6H4)2SO2.

A nucleoside analogue, 9-β-d-arabinofuranosyladenine, C10H13N5O4, given esp. in the treatment of some herpesvirus infections.

= tretinoin, n.

An antiviral drug used esp. in the treatment of herpes simplex and herpes zoster infections.