Cantharides Definition

kantharədēz
noun

Cantharis.

Webster's New World
A dangerous, sometimes fatal, preparation of powdered, dried Spanish flies, formerly used internally as a diuretic and aphrodisiac and externally as a skin irritant.
Webster's New World

(entomology) Cantharides, a genus of coleopterous insects, formerly also taken to include aphids.

Wiktionary

Spanish fly, a vesicant extracted from the beetle Lytta vesicatoria (alternatively classified Cantharis vesicatoria), popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.

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Cantharides Sentence Examples

  • Cantharides owe their value to the presence of a peculiar chemical principle, to which the name cantharidin has been given.

  • Cantharidin constitutes from z to r% of cantharides.

  • The British Pharmacopeia contains a large number of preparations of cantharides, but the only one needing special mention is the tincture, which is meant for internal administration; the small dose is noteworthy, five minims being probably the maximum for safety.

  • The external action of cantharides or cantharidin is extremely characteristic. When it is applied to the skin there are no obvious consequences for some hours.

  • When applied in this fashion a certain quantity of the cantharides is absorbed.

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