Middle English Dictionary Entry
suffūsiǒun n.
Entry Info
Forms | suffūsiǒun n. |
Etymology | L suffūsio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)221a/a : Of saffroun is made an oynement þat..helpeþ aȝeins suffusioun [L suffusiones] of yhen.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)134b/a : Feblenes & noying in siȝt..comeþ bi cause of humour albuginei, for it is ouer grosse or subtile in substaunce or alterate in colour, And þis cause of many fantasiez like to suffusionz.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. suffusion.