A substance that counteracts or opposes the effects of mellin, a medicinal mixture or preparation.
From anti- + mellin, where mellin derives from Old English or Germanic roots related to sweetness and medicinal preparations. Mellin was a proprietary malted food product popular in the 19th century, particularly for infants.
Mellin's was literally a breakfast cereal and baby food from 1879 that became so popular in Britain that pharmaceutical companies created 'antimellin' products—showing how brand names can become so common they spawn opposite terms in medical discourse.
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