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Antiperiodic.—A medicine that tends to prevent the periodic recurrence of a disease, as Quinine Sulphate, Arsenous Acid, etc.

Antiperistaltic or Antiperistalsis.—Are medicines that produce compression of peristalsis or the worm-like movement of the intestines by which method the alimentary canal propels its contents, as Opium.

Antiphlogistic.—A medicine or agent subduing or reducing inflammation or fever, as in bloodletting, applications of cold packs or the administration of Aconite, Acetanilide, etc.

Antirheumatic.—A medicine that prevents or cures rheumatism, as Sodium Salicylates, etc.

Antipyretic.—A medicine which reduces body temperature in fever, as Quinine Sulphate, Salicylic Acid, etc.

Antiseptic.—A medicine which arrests putrefaction on or in the body, or hinders septic decomposition by killing the germs that produce it or by checking their development, as Carbolic Acid, Zinc Sulphocarbolates, etc.

Antispasmodic.—A medicine which prevents or removes spasmodic contraction of voluntary or involuntary muscles, as Belladonna, Valerian, Chloral Hydrate, etc.