Alexicacus
an epithet of apollo, meaning “averter of evil,” in reference to his dispelling a plague that afflicted the athenian forces in the peloponnesian war.
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(def 10). noun (immunol) a former word for complement (sense 9)
- Alexipharmic
warding off poisoning or infection; antidotal; prophylactic. an alexipharmic agent, especially an internal antidote. historical examples when the substance was in repute as a medicine of the “alexipharmic” kind, the supply naturally came up to the demand. the cambridge natural history, vol x., mammalia frank evers beddard the cooling regimen as it is called, was […]
- Alexius i
(alexius comnenus) 1048–1118, emperor of the byzantine empire 1081–1118.
- Alexius i comnenus
noun 1048–1118, ruler of the byzantine empire (1081–1118)
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a sulfur b-tterfly, colias eurytheme, having orange wings edged with black, the larvae of which feed on alfalfa and other legumes.