Spanish Meaning of dover's powder
polvo de Dover
Other Spanish words related to polvo de Dover
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Nearest Words of dover's powder
- dove's foot geranium => Geranio palustre
- dove's-foot => pie de paloma
- doveship => palomar
- dovetail => Cola de milano
- dovetail joint => Junta de cola de milano
- dovetail plane => Garlopa de cola de milano
- dovetailed => ensamblado
- dovetailing => cola de milano
- dovish => apaciguador
- dovishness => paloma
Definitions and Meaning of dover's powder in English
dover's powder (n)
a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium; formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration
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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polvo de Dover
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 => palomino, dovelet => Palomita, dovekie => mergo pequeño, dove-eyed => ojos de paloma, dovecote => Palomar,