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1. acācia, -ie n.

Additional spellings: acacie
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Med. A gum made from the juice of green plums or sloes (used as an astringent, a restringent, or a repercussive). …

2. alōe(s n.

Additional spellings: aloes
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Aloe: (a) the tree; (b) the juice or resin of the tree, aloes; (c) med. the drug aloes; aloe caballinum (cicotrine, epatik). …

3. antera n.

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Med. The anthers or the pollen of the rose, used as a stiptic. …

4. box n.(2)

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A jar (for salves, cosmetics, spices, etc.), usually cylindrical. …

5. cataracte n.

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(a) One of the 'floodgates' of heaven; cataracte of the ether; (b) med. a cataract of the eye. …

6. catarre n.

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Med. Any disease characterized by inflammation of, and discharge from, the mucous membranes of the head and throat. …

7. cathaplasma n.

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Med. A poultice containing herbs, a cataplasm. …

8. cathesiāl adj.

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Med. Descending, falling; cathesial opilacioun, cathesial stopping, an obstruction of the post-nasal passages by the descent of humors from the brain. …

9. clistē̆r n.

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Med. (a) A clyster, enema; any medicinal liquid administered through the rectum; (b) the instrument for injecting such liquids, a sort of syringe. …

10. clistēri(e n.

Additional spellings: clisterie
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Med. (a) A clyster, enema; any medicinal liquid administered through the rectum; (b) the instrument for injecting such liquids, a sort of syringe; clisteri purs, the bag or bladder of a clyster; (c)……

11. cretik adj.

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(a) Med. Of a disease: at the turning point for better or worse, at the crisis; (b) as noun: bi wei of cretik, at the critical or decisive stage, at the crisis. …

12. crīse n.

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Med. The decisive point in the progress of a disease, the turning point for better or worse, crisis. …

13. dīa- pref.

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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) dia- bardich, some kind of drug; dia- borago, a drug……

14. dīabrōsis n.

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Med. Of veins: the condition of being corroded or eaten away. …

15. dīaforē̆tic adj. & n.

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Med. (a) Capable of inducing or promoting perspiration; sudorific, diaphoretic; (b) a diaphoretic medicine. …

16. diaquiloun n.

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Med. A lead plaster containing various plant extracts; 'plaster containing mucilages (in some recipes also juices) extracted from plants, litharge (lead monoxide), and olive oil.' [Norri]; diaquiloun……

17. discrāsīe n.

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(a) Med. A diseased condition of the body, or its parts, caused by an unfavorable combination of the humors; (b) fig. disharmony, disorder. …

18. enema n.

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Med. An injection of liquid into the rectum as a purge; clyster. …

19. epatī̆k adj.

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Med. and anat. (a) Affected with disease of the liver; (b) epatik veine the basilic vein; = epatica n., sense 1. …

20. euchīme adj.

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Med. Having normal, healthy humors; of good 'complexion'; also, promoting good, healthful humors. …

21. gargarīsen v.

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Med. To gargle; use (sth.) as a gargle; make (sb.) gargle; gargarisen with, cause (sb.) to gargle with (sth.). …

22. gargarisme n.

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Med. A gargle. …

23. īdō̆l(e n.

Additional spellings: idole
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(a) A man-made object representing a deity, an image of a god; (b) fig. someone who is false or untrustworthy. …

24. ipostasim n.

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Med. The lower part of a sample of urine, in which sediment settles; ?also, the sediments. …

25. laump(e n.

Additional spellings: laumpe
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(a) A lamp of glass, metal, etc.; oil lamp; light; laump light, a lighted lamp; shinen as a laump, to shine like a lamp; (b) fig. a source of light or guidance; a star, the Virgin Mary; the fire of……

26. leuco-fleuma n.

Additional spellings: leucofleuma
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Med. ?Leucophlegmasia, lymphatic edema. …

27. licium n.

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Med. & surg. The juice of certain plants, especially honeysuckle; a medicine made from such juice reduced to powder. …

28. līenterīa n.

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Med. A form of diarrhea. …

29. liptomer n.

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Med. (a) Finely divided matter, matter in fine particles; also, liquid matter; (b) a medicine causing the division of matter into fine particles; esp. a diaphoretic; medicine liptomer, a diaphoretic……

30. method(e n.

Additional spellings: methode
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Med. The prescribed treatment for a pathological condition, recommended medical procedure; method of curacioun (curing) of, prescription for the treatment of (a pathological condition). …

31. mirt(e n.

Additional spellings: mirte
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(a) Myrtle, a shrub of the genus Myrtus; mirt tre; baie of mirt, mirt baie, fruit of mirt, mirtes baie(s, sed of mirt, myrtle berries; (b) myrtle berries; ?also, the leaves of myrtle; med. a……

32. Nicholas n.

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(a) Personal name; -- often replacing Nicol in later ME; also, name of a ship; (b) seint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Asia Minor; seint Nicholas chirche, chirche of seint Nicholas, a……

33. peripleumonīe n.

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Med. An inflammation of the lungs; ?pneumonia. …

34. piriāciǒun n.

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Med. The external application of moist heat [cp. pirrie]. …

35. pirrīe n.

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Med. The external application of moist heat. …

36. pleuresī n.

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Med. Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs and lining the thoracic cavity, pleurisy; pleuresi flux, ?pleurisy with effusion of fluid. …

37. reume n.

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Med.: (a) A watery fluid or humor conceived as draining from the higher parts of the body, and capable of causing diseases; a secretion, flux; (b) a cold in the head; catarrh; reume in the hed; cold……

38. rixis n.

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Med. The rupturing of a blood vessel. …

39. schrōsis n.

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Med. A hard external tumor. …

40. stomaticon n.

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Med. A digestive or purgative medicine of various kinds; stomaticon comfortativum; gretere stomaticon. …

41. timpanītēs n.

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Med. A disease in which the abdomen is distended by gas. …

42. trichiasī n.

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Med. The passage of hairs or of threads of mucus in urine, pilimiction. …

43. udī̆mia n.

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Med. A swelling or an abscess caused by an overabundance of phlegm; udimia erisipilades (flegmonides, sephirodes), a swelling or an abscess caused by a mixture of phlegm and choler (blood……

44. udī̆miadēs adj.

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Med. Having the characteristics of the swelling or abscess udimia; erisipila (flegmon, sephiros) udimiades, a swelling or an abscess caused by a mixture of phlegm and choler (blood, melancholy). …

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