Slovak Meaning of dover's powder

Doverský prášok

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dover's powder (n)

a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium; formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration

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dover's powder ()

A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic.

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Doverský prášok

a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium; formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspirationA powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the U

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dovelike => holubí, dovelet => Holub, dovekie => alkúnik severský, dove-eyed => holubie oči, dovecote => Holubník,