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653. Uncleanness — N. uncleanness &c adj.; impurity; immundity†, immundicity†; impurity &c 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination &c v.; defoedation†; soilure†, soiliness†; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture†; fetor &c 401 [Obs.]. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo†. slovenry†; slovenliness &c adj.; squalor. dowdy, drab, slut, malkin†, slattern, sloven, slammerkin†, slammock†, slummock†, scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark†, dust-man, sweep; beast. dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff†; sossle†, sozzle†. sordes†, dregs, grounds, lees; argol†; sediment, settlement heeltap†; dross, drossiness†; mother†, precipitate, scoriae, ashes, cinders. recrement†, slag; scum, froth. hogwash; ditchwater†, dishwater, bilgewater†; rinsings, cheeseparings; sweepings &c (useless refuse) 645; offscourings†, outscourings†; off scum; caput mortuum [Lat.], residuum, sprue, fecula [Lat.], clinker, draff†; scurf, scurfiness†; exuviae [Lat.], morphea; fur, furfur†; dandruff, tartar. riffraff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch†. mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh [U.S.]. spawn, offal, gurry [U.S.]; lientery†; garbage, carrion; excreta &c 299; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria†; faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap [Vulg.], shit [Vulg.]; sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure, compost. dunghill, colluvies†, mixen†, midden, bog, laystall†, sink, privy, jakes; toilet, john, head; cess†, cesspool; sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole. sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable†, sink of corruption; slum, rookery. V. be unclean, become unclean &c adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink &c 401; mold, molder; go bad &c adj.. render unclean &c adj.; dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch†, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease†; dabble, drabble†, draggle, daggle†; spatter, slubber; besmear &c, bemire, beslime†, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain†, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt &c (injure) 659; cover with dust &c n.; drabble in the mud†; roil. wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber†. Adj. dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled &c v.; not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy†, smutty, sooty, smoky; thick, turbid, dreggy; slimy; mussy [U.S.]. slovenly, untidy, messy, uncleanly. [of people] unkempt, sluttish, dowdy, draggle-tailed; uncombed. unscoured†, unswept†, unwiped†, unwashed, unstrained, unpurified†; squalid; lutose†, slammocky†, slummocky†, sozzly†. nasty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky, reechy†; fetid &c 401. [of rotting living matter] decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, moth-eaten, mucid†, rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral†, lentiginous†, touched, fusty, effete, reasty†, rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flyblown, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied; saprogenic, saprogenous†; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent; stercoraceous†, excrementitious†; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous†; gory, bloody; rotting &c v.; rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese. crapulous &c (intemperate) 954 [Obs.]; gross &c (impure in mind) 961; fimetarious†, fimicolous†. Phr. they that touch pitch will be defiled [Much Ado About Nothing].

654. Health — N. health, sanity; soundness &c adj.; vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.]; Hygeia†; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia†; euphoria, euphory†; St. Anthony's fire†. V. be in health &c adj.. bloom, flourish. keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a clean bill of health. return to health; recover &c 660; get better &c (improve) 658; take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life; recruit; restore to health; cure &c (restore) 660; tinker. Adj. healthy, healthful; in health &c n.; well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof. unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed†, unmarred, untainted; sound of wind and limb, safe and sound. on one's legs; sound as a roach, sound as a bell; fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April†; hearty as a buck; in fine feather, in high feather; in good case, in full bloom; pretty bobbish†, tolerably well, as well as can be expected. sanitary &c (health-giving) 656; sanatory &c (remedial) 662 [Obs.]. Phr. health that snuffs the morning air [Grainger]; non est vivere sed valere vita [Lat.] [Martial].

655. Disease — N. disease; illness, sickness &c adj.; ailing &c; all the ills that flesh is heir to [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity†; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; distemper, distemperature†. visitation, attack, seizure, stroke, fit. delicacy, loss of health, invalidation, cachexy†; cachexia [Med.], atrophy, marasmus†; indigestion, dyspepsia; decay &c (deterioration) 659; decline, consumption, palsy, paralysis, prostration. taint, pollution, infection, sepsis, septicity†, infestation; epidemic, pandemic, endemic, epizootic; murrain, plague, pestilence, pox. sore, ulcer, abscess, fester, boil; pimple, wen &c (swelling) 250; carbuncle, gathering, imposthume†, peccant humor, issue; rot, canker, cold sore, fever sore; cancer, carcinoma, leukemia, neoplastic disease, malignancy, tumor; caries, mortification, corruption, gangrene, sphacelus†, sphacelation†, leprosy; eruption, rash, breaking out. fever, temperature, calenture†; inflammation. ague, angina pectoris [Lat.], appendicitis; Asiatic cholera†, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia†, blennorrhoea†; blood poisoning, bloodstroke†, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever†, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy [Med.]; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele [Med.], canker rash, cardialgia [Med.], carditis [Med.], endocarditis [Med.]; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche†, dartre [Fr.]; enanthem†, enanthema†; erysipelas; exanthem†, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps†, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis†, pneumonia, psora†, pyaemia†, pyrosis [Med.], quinsy, rachitis†, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma†, syntexis†, tetanus, tetter†, tonsillitis, tonsilitis†, tracheocele [Med.], trachoma, trismus [Med.], varicella [Med.], varicosis [Med.], variola [Med.], water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. fatal disease &c (hopeless) 859; dangerous illness, galloping consumption, churchyard cough; general breaking up, break up of the system. [Disease of mind] idiocy &c 499; insanity &c 503. martyr to disease; cripple; the halt the lame and the blind; valetudinary†, valetudinarian; invalid, patient, case; sickroom, sick- chamber. [Science of disease] pathology, etiology, nosology†. [Veterinary] anthrax, bighead; blackleg, blackquarter†; cattle plague, glanders†, mange, scrapie, milk sickness; heartworm, feline leukemia, roundworms; quarter-evil, quarter-ill; rinderpest. [disease-causing agents] virus, bacterium, bacteria. [types of viruses] DNA virus; RNA virus. [RNA viruses] rhinovirus; rhabdovirus; picornavirus. [DNA viruses] herpesvirus; cytomegalovirus, CMV; human immunodefficiency virus, HIV. V. be ill &c adj.; ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have; droop, flag, languish, halt; sicken, peak, pine; gasp. keep one's bed; feign sickness &c (falsehood) 544. lay by, lay up; take a disease, catch a disease &c n., catch an infection; break out. Adj. diseased; ailing &c v.; ill, ill of; taken ill, seized with; indisposed, unwell, sick, squeamish, poorly, seedy; affected with illness, afflicted with illness; laid up, confined, bedridden, invalided, in hospital, on the sick list; out of health, out of sorts; under the weather [U.S.]; valetudinary†. unsound, unhealthy; sickly, morbid, morbose†, healthless†, infirm, chlorotic [Med.], unbraced†. drooping, flagging, lame, crippled, halting. morbid, tainted, vitiated, peccant, contaminated, poisoned, tabid†, mangy, leprous, cankered; rotten, rotten to the core, rotten at the core; withered, palsied, paralytic; dyspeptic; luetic†, pneumonic, pulmonic [Med.], phthisic†, rachitic; syntectic†, syntectical†; tabetic†, varicose. touched in the wind, broken-winded, spavined, gasping; hors de combat &c (useless) 645 [Fr.]. weakly, weakened &c (weak) 160; decrepit; decayed &c (deteriorated) 659; incurable &c (hopeless) 859; in declining health; cranky; in a bad way, in danger, prostrate; moribund &c (death) 360. morbific &c 657 [Obs.]; epidemic, endemic; zymotic†.

656. Salubrity — N. salubrity; healthiness &c adj.. fine air, fine climate; eudiometer†. [Preservation of health] hygiene; valetudinarian, valetudinarianism; sanitarian; sanitarium, sanitOrium. V. be salubrious &c adj.; agree with; assimilate &c 23. Adj. salubrious, salutary, salutiferous†; wholesome; healthy, healthful; sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious; hygeian†, hygienic. innoxious†, innocuous, innocent; harmless, uninjurious, uninfectious. sanative &c (remedial) 662; restorative &c (reinstate) 660; useful &c 644.

657. Insalubrity — N. insalubrity; unhealthiness &c adj.; nonnaturals†; plague spot; malaria &c (poison) 663; death in the pot, contagion; toxicity. Adj. insalubrious; unhealthy, unwholesome; noxious, noisome; morbific†, morbiferous†; mephitic, septic, azotic†, deleterious; pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential; virulent, venomous, envenomed; poisonous, toxic, toxiferous†, teratogenic; narcotic. contagious, infectious, catching, taking, epidemic, zymotic†; epizootic. innutritious†, indigestible, ungenial; uncongenial &c (disagreeing) 24. deadly &c (killing) 361.

658. Improvement — N. improvement; amelioration, melioration; betterment; mend, amendment, emendation; mending &c v.; advancement; advance &c (progress) 282; ascent &c 305; promotion, preferment; elevation &c 307; increase &c 35; cultivation, civilization; culture, march of intellect; menticulture†; race-culture, eugenics. reform, reformation; revision, radical reform; second thoughts, correction, limoe labor [Lat.], refinement, elaboration; purification &c 652; oxidation; repair &c (restoration) 660; recovery &c 660. revise, new edition. reformer, radical. V. improve; be better, become better, get better; mend, amend. advance &c (progress) 282; ascend &c 305; increase &c 35; fructify, ripen, mature; pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn; turn over a new leaf, turn the corner; raise one's head, sow one's wild oats; recover &c 660. be better &c adj., be improved by; turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account; profit by, reap the benefit of; make good use of, make capital out of; place to good account. render better, improve, mend, amend, better; ameliorate, meliorate; correct; decrassify†. improve upon, refine upon; rectify; enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten. promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance; bring forward, bring on; foster &c 707; invigorate &c (strengthen) 159. touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up; polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage; prune; repair &c (restore) 660; put in order &c (arrange) 60. review, revise; make corrections, make improvements &c n.; doctor &c (remedy) 662; purify, &c 652. relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit. reform, remodel, reorganize; new model. view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober. palliate, mitigate; lessen an evil &c 36. Adj. improving &c v.; progressive, improved &c v.; better, better off, better for; all the better for; better advised. reformatory, emendatory†; reparatory &c (restorative) 660 [Obs.]; remedial &c 662. corrigible, improvable; accultural†. Adv. on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice; ad melius inquirendum [Lat.]. Phr. urbent latericiam invenit marmoream reliquit [Lat.].

659. Deterioration — N. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; recession &c 287; retrogradation &c 283 [Obs.]; decrease &c 36. degeneracy, degeneration, degenerateness; degradation; depravation, depravement; devolution; depravity &c 945; demoralization, retrogression; masochism. impairment, inquination†, injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration†, outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath†; perversion, prostitution, vitiation, discoloration, oxidation, pollution, defoedation†, poisoning, venenation†, leaven, contamination, canker, corruption, adulteration, alloy. decline, declension, declination; decadence, decadency†; falling off &c v.; caducity†, decrepitude. decay, dilapidation, ravages of time, wear and tear; corrosion, erosion; moldiness, rottenness; moth and rust, dry rot, blight, marasmus†, atrophy, collapse; disorganization; delabrement &c (destruction). 162; aphid, Aphis, plant louse, puceron†; vinefretter†, vinegrub†. wreck, mere wreck, honeycomb, magni nominis umbra [Lat.]; jade, plug, rackabones [U.S.], skate [U.S.]; tackey†, tacky [U.S.]. V. be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated &c Adj.; have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off; wane &c (decrease) 36; ebb; retrograde &c 283, decline, droop; go down &c (sink) 306; go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse; jump out of the frying pan into the fire. run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale†, sweal†; lapse, be the worse for; sphacelate: break†, break down; spring a leak, crack, start; shrivel &c (contract) 195; fade, go off, wither, molder, rot, rankle, decay, go bad; go to decay, fall into decay; fall into the sear and yellow leaf, rust, crumble, shake; totter, totter to its fall; perish &c 162; die &c 360. [Render less good] deteriorate; weaken &c 160; put back, set back; taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison†, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate†, pollute, vitiate, inquinate†; debase, embase†; denaturalize, denature, leaven; deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade; ulcerate; stain &c (dirt) 653; discolor; alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice. pervert, prostitute, demoralize, brutalize; render vicious &c 945. embitter, acerbate, exacerbate, aggravate. injure, impair, labefy†, damage, harm, hurt, shend†, scath†, scathe, spoil, mar, despoil, dilapidate, waste; overrun; ravage; pillage &c 791. wound, stab, pierce, maim, lame, surbate†, cripple, hough†, hamstring, hit between wind and water, scotch, mangle, mutilate, disfigure, blemish, deface, warp. blight, rot; corrode, erode; wear away, wear out; gnaw, gnaw at the root of; sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up; disorganize, dismantle, dismast; destroy &c 162. damnify &c (aggrieve) 649 [Obs.]; do one's worst; knock down; deal a blow to; play havoc with, play sad havoc with, play the mischief with, play the deuce with, play the very devil with, play havoc among, play sad havoc among, play the mischief among, play the deuce among, play the very devil among; decimate. Adj. unimproved &c (improve) &c 658; deteriorated &c v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured &c v.; sprung; withering, spoiling &c v.; on the wane, on the decline; tabid†; degenerate; marescent†; worse; the worse for, all the worse for; out of repair, out of tune; imperfect &c 651; the worse for wear; battered; weathered, weather-beaten; stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare; worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags; reduced, reduced to a skeleton; far gone; tacky [U.S.]. decayed &c v.; moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved &c (vicious) 945; decrepid†, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat [Fr.], out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work &c (useless) 645. at a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs; undermined, deciduous; nodding to its fall &c (destruction) 162; tottering &c (dangerous) 665; past cure &c (hopeless) 859; fatigued &c 688; retrograde &c (retrogressive) 283; deleterious &c 649. Phr. out of the frying pan into the fire; agrescit medendo [Lat.]; what a falling off was there! [Hamlet].

660. Restoration — N. restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction &c 163; renovation, renewal; revival, revivessence†, reviviscence†; refreshment &c 689; resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction†; Phenix; reorganization. renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence†, new birth; regeneration, regeneracy†, regenerateness†; palingenesis†, reconversion. redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery; convalescence; resumption, resumption; sanativeness†. recurrence &c (repetition) 104; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It]. cure, recure†, sanation†; healing &c v.; redintegration†; rectification; instauration†. repair, reparation, remanufacture; recruiting &c v.; cicatrization; disinfection; tinkering. reaction; redemption &c (deliverance) 672; restitution &c 790; relief &c 834. tinker, cobbler; vis medicatrix &c (remedy) 662 [Obs.]. curableness. V. return to the original state; recover, rally, revive; come come to, come round, come to oneself; pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again; get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about; rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave; survive &c (outlive) 110; resume, reappear; come to, come to life again; live again, rise again. heal, skin over, cicatrize; right itself. restore, put back, place in statu quo [Lat.]; reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate†, reinstall. reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute; reconvert; renew, renovate; regenerate; rejuvenate. redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve; rescue &c (deliver) 672. redress, recure†; cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate; break of; bring round, set on one's legs. resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life; reproduce &c 163; warm up; reinvigorate, refresh &c 689. make whole, redintegrate†; recoup &c 790; make good, make all square; rectify, correct; put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight; set up; put in order &c (arrange) 60; refit, recruit; fill up, fill up the ranks; reinforce. repair; put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair; retouch, refashion, botch†, vamp, tinker, cobble; do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up; darn, finedraw†, heelpiece†; stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds. Adj. restored &c v.; redivivus [Lat.], convalescent; in a fair way; none the worse; rejuvenated. restoring &c v.; restorative, recuperative; sanative, reparative, sanatory†, reparatory†; curative, remedial. restorable, recoverable, sanable†, remediable, retrievable, curable. Adv. in statu quo [Lat.]; as you were. phr.. revenons a nos moutons [Fr.]; medecin [Fr.], gueris-toi toi- meme [Fr.]; vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.] [Horace].

661. Relapse — N. relapse, lapse; falling back &c v.; retrogradation &c (retrogression) 283 [Obs.]; deterioration &c 659. [Return to, or recurrence of a bad state] backsliding, recidivation†; recidivism, recidivity†; recrudescence. V. relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde &c 283; recidivate; fall off again &c 659.

662. Remedy — N. remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament; diagnosis, medical examination; medical treatment; surgery; preventive medicine. [medical devices] clinical thermometer, stethoscope, X-ray machine. anthelmintic [Med.]; antidote, antifebrile [Med.], antipoison†, counterpoison†, antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue†, lithagogue†, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative &c 174; palliative; febrifuge; alterant†, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive [Med.], antiinflammatory [Med.], antibiotic, antiviral [Med.], antifungal [Med.], carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. cure, treatment, regimen; radical cure, perfect cure, certain cure; sovereign remedy. examination, diagnosis, diagnostics; analysis, urinalysis, biopsy, radiology. medicine, physic, Galenicals†, simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary†; linctus†, lincture†; medicament; pharmacon†. nostrum, receipt, recipe, prescription; catholicon†, panacea, elixir, elixir vitae, philosopher's stone; balm, balsam, cordial, theriac†, ptisan†. agueweed†, arnica, benzoin, bitartrate of potash, boneset†, calomel, catnip, cinchona, cream of tartar, Epsom salts [Chem]; feverroot†, feverwort; friar's balsam, Indian sage; ipecac, ipecacuanha; jonquil, mercurous chloride, Peruvian bark; quinine, quinquina†; sassafras, yarrow. salve, ointment, cerate, oil, lenitive, lotion, cosmetic; plaster; epithem†, embrocation†, liniment, cataplasm†, sinapism†, arquebusade†, traumatic, vulnerary, pepastic†, poultice, collyrium†, depilatory; emplastrum†; eyewater†, vesicant, vesicatory [Med.]. compress, pledget†; bandage &c (support) 215. treatment, medical treatment, regimen; dietary, dietetics; vis medicatrix†, vis medicatrix naturae [Lat.]; medecine expectante [Fr.]; bloodletting, bleeding, venesection [Med.], phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube; prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin. pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology†, Materia Medica [Lat.], therapeutics, posology†; homeopathy, allopathy†, heteropathy [Med.], osteopathy, hydropathy [Med.]; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery [Med.], chirurgy†; healing art, leechcraft†; orthopedics, orthopedy†, orthopraxy†; pediatrics; dentistry, midwifery, obstetrics, gynecology; tocology†; sarcology†. hospital, infirmary; pesthouse†, lazarhouse†; lazaretto; lock hospital; maison de sante [Fr.]; ambulance. dispensary; dispensatory†, drug store, pharmacy, apothecary, druggist, chemist. Hotel des Invalides; sanatorium, spa, pump room, well; hospice; Red Cross. doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist†; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist [Med.], public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius†, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur [Fr.], accoucheuse [Fr.], midwife, oculist, aurist†; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist†, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist†. V. apply a remedy &c n.; doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster; drain; prevent &c 706; relieve &c 834; palliate &c 658; restore &c 660; drench with physic; bleed, cup, let blood; manicure. operate, excise, cut out; incise. Adj. remedial; restorative &c 660; corrective, palliative, healing; sanatory†, sanative; prophylactic, preventative, immunizing; salutiferous &c (salutary) 656 [Obs.]; medical, medicinal; therapeutic, chirurgical [Med.], epulotic†, paregoric, tonic, corroborant, analeptic†, balsamic, anodyne, hypnotic, neurotic, narcotic, sedative, lenitive, demulcent†, emollient; depuratory†; detersive†, detergent; abstersive†, disinfectant, febrifugal†, alterative; traumatic, vulnerary. allopathic†, heteropathic†, homeopathic, hydropathic [Med.]; anthelmintic [Med.]; antifebrile [Med.], antiluetic†; aperient†, chalybeate†, deobstruent†, depurative†, laxative, roborant†. dietetic, alimentary; nutritious, nutritive; peptic; alexipharmic†, alexiteric†; remediable, curable. Phr.. aux grands maux les grands remedes [Fr.]; Dios que da la llaga da la medicina [Sp.]; para todo hay remedio sino para la muerte [Sp.]; temporis ars medicina fere est [Lat.] [Ovid]; the remedy is worse than the disease [Dryden]; throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it [Macbeth].

663. Bane — N. bane, curse; evil &c 619; hurtfulness &c (badness) 649 [Obs.]; painfulness &c (cause of pain) 830; scourge &c (punishment) 975; damnosa hereditas [Lat.]; white elephant. sting, fang, thorn, tang, bramble, brier, nettle. poison, toxin; teratogen; leaven, virus venom; arsenic; antimony, tartar emetic; strychnine, nicotine; miasma, miasm†, mephitis†, malaria, azote†, sewer gas; pest. [poisonous substances, examples] Albany hemp†, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica [Lat.], ratsbane†. [poisonous plants] hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite; banewort†, bhang, ganja†, hashish; Upas tree. [list of poisonous substances] Toxline (online). rust, worm, helminth [Med.], moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew; dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; torpedo; viper &c (evil doer) 913; demon &c 980. [Science of poisons] toxicology. Adj. baneful &c (bad) 649; poisonous &c (unwholesome) 657. phr.. bibere venenum in auro [Lat.]. 3. Contingent Subservience

664. Safety — N. safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness &c adj.; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape &c 671; means of escape; blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve; safeguard, palladium. guardianship, wardship, wardenship; tutelage, custody, safekeeping; preservation &c 670; protection, auspices. safe-conduct, escort, convoy; guard, shield &c (defense) 717; guardian angel; tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint; genius loci. protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna [Sp.], chaperon, third person. watchdog, bandog†; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop [Slang], dick [Slang], fuzz [Slang], smokey [Slang], peeler [Slang], zarp [Slang]; sentinel, sentry, scout &c (warning) 668; garrison; guardship†. [Means of safety] refuge &c, anchor &c 666; precaution &c (preparation) 673; quarantine, cordon sanitaire [Fr.]. [Sense of security]. confidence &c 858 V. be safe &c adj.; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape &c 671. make safe, render safe &c Adj.; protect; take care of &c (care) 459; preserve &c 670; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard &c (defend) 717; secure &c (restrain) 751; entrench, intrench†, fence round &c (circumscribe) 229; house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of. escort, convoy; garrison; watch, mount guard, patrol. make assurance doubly sure &c (caution) 864; take up a loose thread; take precautions &c (prepare for) 673; double reef topsails. seek safety; take shelter, find shelter &c 666. Adj. safe, secure, sure; in safety, in security; on the safe side; under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing; under cover, under lock and key; out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way; unharmed, unscathed; on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water; unthreatened†, unmolested; protected &c v.; cavendo tutus [Lat.]; panoplied &c (defended) 717 [Obs.]. snug, seaworthy; weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof. defensible, tenable, proof against, invulnerable; unassailable, unattackable, impenetrable; impregnable, imperdible†; inexpugnable; Achillean†. safe and sound &c (preserved) 670; scathless &c (perfect) 650; unhazarded†; not dangerous &c 665. unthreatening, harmless; friendly (cooperative) 709. protecting, protective &c v.; guardian, tutelary; preservative &c 670; trustworthy &c 939. Adv. ex abundanti cautela [Lat.]; with impunity. Phr. all's well; salva res est [Lat.]; suave mari magno [Lat.]; a couvert [Fr.]; e terra alterius spectare laborem [Lat.] [Lucretius]; Dieu vous garde [Fr.].