Definitions

1. adjective

Relating to or denoting a treatment or medicine for the supposed humoral disease of melancholia, which was thought to be caused by an imbalance of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).

“The term ‘antipsoric’ was used in the 18th and 19th centuries to describe treatments for melancholia.”

2. noun

A treatment or medicine for the supposed humoral disease of melancholia.

“The doctor prescribed an antipsoric remedy to help her patient recover from her melancholy.”

3. noun

A substance having antipsoric properties.

“The herbalist used the plant’s antipsoric properties to create a treatment for melancholy.”