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3. (Med.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

Syn. -- Adversary; enemy; opponent; toe; competitor. See Adversary.

An*tag"o*nist, a. Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.

{ An*tag`o*nis"tic (&?;), An*tag`o*nis"tic*al (&?;), } a. Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv.

They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

An*tag"o*nize (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antagonized (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Antagonozing.] [Gr. &?;. See Antagonism.] To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

An*tag"o*nize, v. i. To act in opposition.

An*tag"o*ny (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; contest: cf. F. (16th century) antagonie. See Antagonism.] Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.]

Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

An*tal"gic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; pain: cf. F. antalgique.] (Med.) Alleviating pain. -- n. A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne. [R.]

Ant*al"ka*li (?; 277), Ant*al"ka*line (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + alkali.] Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hooper.

Ant*al"ka*line, a. Of power to counteract alkalies.

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Ant*am`bu*la"cral (nt*m`b*l"kral), a. (Zoöl.) Away from the ambulacral region.

||Ant`an*a*cla"sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic.] (Rhet.) (a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. (b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

||Ant`an*a*go"ge (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + anagoge.] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.

Ant`aph*ro*dis"i*ac (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac.] (Med.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n. Anything that quells the venereal appetite.

Ant`aph*ro*dit"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; Aphrodite: cf. F. antaphroditique.] (Med.) 1. Antaphrodisiac.

2. Antisyphilitic. [R.]

Ant`aph*ro*dit"ic, n. An antaphroditic medicine.

Ant`ap*o*plec"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + apoplectic.] (Med.) Good against apoplexy. -- n. A medicine used against apoplexy.

Ant*ar"chism (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; government.] Opposition to government in general. [R.]

Ant*ar"chist (&?;), n. One who opposes all government. [R.]

{ Ant`ar*chis"tic (&?;), Ant`ar*chis"tic*al (&?;), } a. Opposed to all human government. [R.]

Ant*arc"tic (&?;), a. [OE. antartik, OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr. Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; bear. See Arctic.] Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.

||An*ta"res (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; similar to + &?; Mars. It was thought to resemble Mars in color.] The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

Ant`ar*thrit"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + arthritic.] (Med.) Counteracting or alleviating gout. -- n. A remedy against gout.

Ant`asth*mat"ic (? or ?; see Asthma; 277), a. [Pref. anti- + asthmatic.] (Med.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. -- n. A remedy for asthma.