Guaiac

Medical definition of guaiac:

Guaiacum.

Usage examples for guaiac:

• After a long and unsuccessful walk, we halted in front of a guaiac tree with dark- green foliage, a higher tree than any we had before met with. "Adventures of a Young Naturalist, – Lucien Biart"

• A Blister was applied, and most of the Swelling went away, but returned soon after: It was at last removed by the Use of the warm Pump three Times a Week, and drinking a Pint of the Guaiac Decoction daily. "An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany, – Donald Monro"