COUNTERPOISON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterpoison mean? 

• COUNTERPOISON (noun)
  The noun COUNTERPOISON has 1 sense:

1. a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

  Familiarity information: COUNTERPOISON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERPOISON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antidote; counterpoison

Hypernyms ("counterpoison" is a kind of...):

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counterpoison"):

atropine (a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides)

obidoxime chloride (a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX)