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(medicine, dated) A powder of ipecac and opium formerly used to treat colds and fevers.

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Dover's powder

Source Word

Dover's powder

countable dated uncountable

(medicine, dated) A powder of ipecac and opium formerly used to treat colds and fevers.

Japanese Meaning

医薬品の一種で、吐根と阿片を混ぜ合わせた粉末。かつて風邪や熱の治療に用いられた（時代遅れの処方）

My grandmother kept a small tin of Dover's powder in the medicine cabinet for nights when a fever struck.

祖母は、熱が出た夜に備えて薬箱にイペカックとアヘンの混合粉を小さな缶に入れて置いていました。

Sense（1）

(medicine, dated) A powder of ipecac and opium formerly used to treat colds and fevers.

Dover's powders

（ plural ）