antidote

Noun
  1. A remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison (synset 102722499)
    is a type of: curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: counterpoison

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