Middle English Dictionary Entry
argālia n.
Entry Info
| Forms | argālia n. |
| Etymology | ML argalia, algalia, from Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A urethral catheter.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)149b/b : Argalia or cirynga is a canule of þe same lengþe & smalnez, persed or holed in þe poynt & in þe sides. In þe summite of it, it is brode to þe maner of an embote, In which may be bounden a burse of leþer or a bledder of a swyne or of a wedir shepe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. argalia.