Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, a. [L. paregoricus, Gr. ?, from ?
   addressing, encouraging, soothing; ? beside + ? an assembly:
   cf. F. par['e]gorique. See {Allegory}.]
   Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.

Paregoric \Par`e*gor"ic\, n. (Med.)
   A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically,
   camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also {paregoric
   elexir}.

Source : WordNet®

paregoric
     n : medicine used to treat diarrhea [syn: {camphorated tincture
         of opium}]