Middle English Dictionary Entry

dīa- pref.
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Entry Info

Forms dīa- pref. Also dea-, di-, dio-.
Etymology OF & ML (ult.Gr.). Chiefly in Gr. terms borrowed by L.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Most pharmaceutical terms in dia- have also been given their own (usually 'stub') entries, q.v.
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Med. In names of pharmaceutical preparations, or drugs, usually indicating that the herb or the like which follows is the chief ingredient: (a) ~ bardich, some kind of drug; ~ borago, a drug made of borage (i.e. having borage as chief ingredient); ~ calamentum, a drug made of calamint; ~ camedreos, an electuary made from common germander Teuchrium chamaedrys; ~ cameron, a compound drug; ~ cartamus, -carthamus, a drug made of carthamus, or bastard saffron; ~ cassiafist(u)la, a drug made of pods of the drumstick tree (Cassia fistula); ~ castorie, a drug made of castoreum; ~ catholicon, -chatholicon, a drug having many ingredients; ~ ciminum, a drug made of cumin; ~ citonicon, -ciconidem, a drug made of cytonia (cp. L cottana small Syrian fig); ~ codion, a drug made of poppies; ~ croca, -crota, a drug made of saffron; (b) ~ dactilicon, -dactilatum, a drug made of dates; ~ dragantum, -dragagantum, a drug made of gum tragacanth; ~ flosmus, a plaster made of mullein; ~ gredie, -gredium, a drug made of scammony and used as a laxative; ~ langa (?error for diagalange q.v.), some kind of drug used for sciatica; dialtea, -tia, -cia, -tes, -tred, an ointment made of marsh mallow; ~ maratrum, a drug made of fennel; ~ margariton, a drug made of pearls; ~ mirra, a drug made of myrrh; ~ moron, -meron, a drug made of mulberries; ~ nisum, dionis(i)on (cp. Dionysius), an electuary made of aloes and tansy; ~ ntos, a drug made of rosemary; ~ nucum, a drug made of the husks of walnuts; (c) ~ olibanum, a drug made of olibanum; ~ palma, a drug made of palm oil; ~ papaver, a drug made of poppies; ~ penidion, -pendion, a sweet drug in the form of a twisted thread, used to relieve coughing; ~ ponfiligos, -ponfoligos, a drug made of a crude oxide (?of zinc); ~ prunis, a drug made of plums; ~ quilon, -culon, -colon, -clun (cp. L diachylon), a drug made of vegetable juices, litharge, and oil or wax; ~ rodon, a drug made of roses; ~ rubarbe, a drug made of rhubarb; ~ rundines, -rindines, a drug made of the ashes of swallows; (d) ~ sene, -cene, a drug made of senna; ~ simphicum, -cimphicum, a drug made of the common comfrey (cp. L symphyton); ~ spermaticon, a drug made from seeds; ~ spoliticum, some kind of drug; ~ tarascos, a drug made of pitch, wax, acetic acid, and aromatics; ~ trionpiperion, a drug made of three kinds of peppers; ~ turbith, a drug made of turpeth; ~ zinziberis, a drug made of ginger.
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  • a1484 Diseases Women (2) (Trin-C R.14.52)498/414 : If this sikenes comyth of fieblenes of a wommans complexioun, lete hir vse comfortable metis and drynkes and zuccarum rosarum and diapapaure and the oile of myntis iclarified and cast therto a litel quantite of suger to make it swete.
    • Note: Ed. "diapapauer 'a compound medicine based on poppies'."
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Note: Med., etc. (combination diaquilon, -culon, -colon, -clun), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaculum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaborago.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacalamentum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacamedreos.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacameron.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacarthamus.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacassiafistula.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacatholicon.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaciminum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacodion.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacroca.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diadactilatum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diadragagantum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diadragantum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaflosmus.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. dialthea.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diamaratrum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diamargariton.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diamirra.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diamoron.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. dianisum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. dianthos.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. dianucum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaolibanum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diapalma.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diapapaver.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diapenidion.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diapompholygos.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaprunis.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaquilon.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diarhubarb.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diarrhodon.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diarundines.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diasene.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaspermaticon.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaspoliticum.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diatarascos.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diatrion pipereon.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaturbith.

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Note: Med., etc. (sense (d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diazinziberis.

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Note: Med., etc. (diacitonicon), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diacitoniton.

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Note: Med., etc. (dialanga), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diagalanga.

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Note: Med., etc. (diaquilon, -culon, -colon, -clun), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaculon.

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Note: Med., etc. (diasimphicum), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diasymphytum.

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