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Definition of: cantharides
(kan·thar′ə·dēz) noun
The dried powder obtained by crushing the Spanish fly or blister beetle: used externally as a rube-facient and vesicant and internally as a diuretic and aphrodisiac. [See CANTHARIS]
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