Dover's powder
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Do·ver's powder
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Definition of Dover's powder
: a powder of ipecac and opium formerly used as a pain reliever and diaphoretic
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Dover's powder
noun
Do·ver's powder
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Medical Definition of Dover's powder
: a powder of ipecac and opium that is now compounded in the United States with lactose and in England with potassium sulfate and that is used as an anodyne and diaphoretic