ALL meanings of cantharides
can·thar·i·des
C c - noun plural cantharides a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac 3
- abbreviation CANTHARIDES cantharis 3
- noun plural cantharides a dangerous, sometimes fatal, preparation of powdered, dried Spanish flies, formerly used internally as a diuretic and aphrodisiac and externally as a skin irritant 3
- noun cantharides (entomology) Cantharides, a genus of coleopterous insects, formerly also taken to include aphids. 1
- noun cantharides Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac. 1
- noun cantharides Also, Spanishfly. Also called cantharis. a common European blister beetle, Cantharis (Lytta) vesicatoria, that yields this preparation. 1
- noun cantharides Spanish fly, a vesicant extracted from the beetle Lytta vesicatoria (alternatively classified Cantharis vesicatoria), popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties. 0