Middle English Dictionary Entry
tentīgo n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tentīgo n. Also tentige. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The clitoris; also, a disease of the female genital area, perh. cervical polyps.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18b/a : Also it haþ a tentigo [*Ch.(3): tentige; Ch.(2): priue poynte], as þe prepucie, i. huske.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)143b/a : Sikenes of partiez of þe haunchez þat proprely perteneþ to cirurgienz ar..passionz of þe matrice, as closyng & largyng of it; tentigo [Ch.(2): tentige, i. þe hayward of corpes dale; L tentigo]; & drawing out of þe birþ.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)151a/b : Somtyme þat carnose addicion þat is called tentigo in þe wlue wexeþ so mych þat it makeþ displesyng & noying.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tentige.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tentigo.