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Antaphrodisiae

Ănt'aph-ro-dīs'i-ae, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. antaphrodisiaque, from Gr. ἀντί, against, and ἀφροδισιακός, belonging to venery, from Ἀφροδίτη, the goddess of love, Venus.] (Med.) Having the quality of extinguishing or lessening venereal desire; antivenereal.

Ant'aph-ro-dīs'i-ae, n.

noun

n. A medicine that lessens or extinguishes the venereal appetite.