Antirachitic
(An`ti*ra*chit"ic) a. (Med.) Good against the rickets.
Antirenter
(An`ti*rent"er) n. One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47
resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the
State of New York. — An`ti*rent"ism n.
Antisabbatarian
(An`ti*sab`ba*ta"ri*an) n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the
Christian Sabbath.
Antisacerdotal
(An`ti*sac`er*do"tal) a. Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.
Antiscians
(An*tis"cians ||An*tis"ci*i) n. pl. [L. antiscii, Gr. pl.; against + shadow.] The inhabitants of
the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions.
The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians.
Brande & C.
Antiscoletic
(An`ti*sco*let"ic An`ti*scol"ic) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. a worm.] (Med.) Anthelmintic.
Antiscorbutic
(An`ti*scor*bu"tic) a. (Med.) Counteracting scurvy. — n. A remedy for scurvy.
Antiscorbutical
(An`ti*scor*bu"tic*al) a. (Med.) Antiscorbutic.
Antiscriptural
(An`ti*scrip"tur*al) a. Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.
Antisepalous
(An`ti*sep"al*ous) a. [Pref. anti- + sepal.] (Bot.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx
leaf.
Antiseptic
(An`ti*sep"tic An`ti*sep"tic*al) a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent
tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics
in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.
Antiseptic
(An`ti*sep"tic), n. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects
from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
Antiseptically
(An`ti*sep"tic*al*ly) adv. By means of antiseptics.
Antislavery
(An`ti*slav"er*y) a. Opposed to slavery. — n. Opposition to slavery.
Antisocial
(An`ti*so"cial) a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile
to its existence; as, antisocial principles.
Antisocialist
(An`ti*so"cial*ist), n. One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.
Antisolar
(An`ti*so"lar) a. Opposite to the sun; — said of the point in the heavens 180° distant from the
sun.
Antispasmodic
(An`ti*spas*mod"ic) a. (Med.) Good against spasms. — n. A medicine which prevents
or allays spasms or convulsions.
Antispast
(An"ti*spast) n. [L. antispastus, Gr. fr. to draw the contrary way; against + to draw.] (Pros.)
A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long
Antispastic
(An`ti*spas"tic) a. [Gr. . See Antispast.] (Med.) (a) Believed to cause a revulsion of
fluids or of humors from one part to another. [Obs.] (b) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic. — n.
An antispastic agent.
