ANTAPHRODISIAC

ANTAPHRODIS'IAC, adjective [Gr. against, and venereal, from Venus.]Antivenereal; having the quality of extinguishing or lessening venereal desire.ANTAPHRODIS'IAC, noun A medicine that lessens or extinguishes the venereal appetite.

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Ant′aph‐ro‐dis″i‐ac (�), a. [[Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac.]] (Med.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. — n. Anything that quells the venereal appetite.