theriac
/ˈθɪərɪak
/noun [mass noun] archaic
An ointment or other medicinal compound used as an antidote to snake venom or other poison.Numerous Islamic writers discussed poisons and particularly theriacs, the antidotes for poisons....
- Ibn al-Mubarak devoted, in addition, a section, to theriacs and general antidotes.
- Medieval physicians created even more elaborate theriacs to dose a plague-dreading populace, for whom the possibility of a cure-all didn't seem too wild a notion at all.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin theriaca (see treacle).
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