Middle English Dictionary Entry
antispasāt ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | antispasāt ppl. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of bloodletting: performed on the opposite side.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/a : Þise beþ þe comon entensionz of Ipocras of euery immoderate euacuacioun þerfor: it is deriuate to placez nyȝe, it is antispasate [L antispasatur] forsoþ to þe oppositez.