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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. accidentāl adj.

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(a) Phil. Not a natural or essential part of a thing, non-essential, incidental, secondary; (b) not inherent in a thing, induced from without; (c) ?growing out of something else, ?outward, external.

3. alharbat n.

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Med. A kind of polyp or nasal ulcer.

4. 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).

5. alteraciǒun n.

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Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) Change, transformation, transmutation; (b) change for the worse, deterioration; evel alteracioun; ill effect or result; (c) change for the better, amelioration…

6. alteren v.

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Phil., physiol., med., alch., astrol. (a) To change, modify, transform; alteren to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect…

7. antecēdent adj. & n.

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Logic & ethics A prior assumption or principle, a premise; antecedent trouth; antecedent ded, a preceding act as causing a later act.

8. antera n.

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

9. antimōnie n.

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Med. & alch. Antimony.

10. apertī̆f, -īve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: apertive
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Med. Capable of opening or dilating (pores, veins, etc.): a medicine causing dilation.

11. attracciǒun n.

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Med. (a) The action or property of drawing (diseased matter) to the surface; (b) contraction, extraction.

12. bolisme n.

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Med. Bulimia.

13. calcīnen v.

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Alch. & med. (a) To reduce (sth.) to powder by heating; (b) to change the nature of (sth.) by heating in a certain way.

14. calefactī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. (a) Of a remedy or a diet: producing heat in the body, warming; (b) a medicine which increases heat.

15. calefactō̆rie n.

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Med. A remedy which increases the heat of the body (or of a part of the body).

16. canal(e n.

Additional spellings: canale
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A pipe or tube.

17. cappe n.

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(a) A headdress, a hat; esp., a small head covering worn under the hood; (b) a priest's close-fitting cap, the coif covering the tonsure; also, any kind of head covering for ecclesiastics; (c) a…

18. catarre n.

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

19. cathaplasma n.

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Med. A poultice containing herbs, a cataplasm.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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)…

23. colātūre n.

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Med. A clarified or strained concoction, an extract.

24. 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.

25. dē̆fensī̆f n.

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(a) Med. & surg. A medicine or ointment that prevents the growth or spread of disease, venom, humors, etc. [cp. defensif medecine]; (b) an ointment that preserves corpses.

26. dē̆fensī̆f adj.

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(a) Of weapons, armor: defensive; (b) med. & surg. of a bandage: preventing the spread of pus or other fluids; of a medicine or ointments: preventing the growth or spread of disease, preventive…

27. 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…

28. dīabrōsis n.

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

29. dīaforāre v.

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Med. To promote perspiration.

30. 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

31. dī̆lātāl n.

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Med. Rupture from spreading out of a bodily part.

32. discrāsen v.

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(a) Med. To affect (sb., bodily parts) with disease brought on by an unfavorable combination of humors; (b) fig. to corrupt (sb.) morally.

33. 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.

34. distemperen v.

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Physiol. To upset the proper balance of the humors or qualities.

35. dī̆versiǒun n.

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Med. The process of diverting superfluous or morbid humors.

36. embōte, -um n.

Additional spellings: embotum
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Med. A syringe or douche for introducing curative fumes or liquids.

37. enema n.

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

38. engrōssen v.

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(a) To gather, collect, or acquire (something) in large quantity or numbers; (b) to accumulate or buy (goods) in such quantity as to cause scarcity, to forestall (the market), to corner (a commodity…

39. entente n.

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(a) Purpose or intention; aim or object; reason (for doing something); (b) of entente, intentionally, deliberately, voluntarily; double of entente, ?shifty; (c) for, in, til, to, with (the) entente

40. ē̆quivoce adv.

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(a) Of the use of words: in more than one sense, ambiguously, equivocally; (b) med. of the cause of a physical condition: indirectly, secondarily.

41. euchīme adj.

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

42. excrescence, -encie n.

Additional spellings: excrescencie
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Med. A morbid growth or excrescence.

43. expressen v.

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(a) To put (something) into words, to describe or set forth; to state, declare, or report; to relate (events), to tell (a story); expressen trouth, give a true account, tell the truth; (b) to give…

44. expurgatī̆f adj.

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Med. Having the property of cleansing by expelling impure matter from the body.

45. extirpatī̆f adj.

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Med. Corrosive.

46. fractī̆f adj.

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Med. Tending to break up or dissolve something, acting as a solvent.

47. gibbositẹ̄ n.

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Anat. & med. (a) A bulge, convexity; (b) a pathological swelling or bulge; (c) humpback; curvature of the spine.

48. glūtinōsitẹ̄ n.

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Med. and surg. Of a medicine: capacity for sticking or causing adhesion, glutinosity.

49. gurgulāciǒun n.

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Med. A gurgling sound in the abdomen.

50. gurguling ger.

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Med. A gurgling sound in the abdomen.

51. hūmectā̆tī̆f adj.

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(a) Med. Of food: increasing moisture in the body, diluent; (b) surg. of medicines: moistening, increasing moisture.

52. hūmefactī̆ve n.

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Med. A medicine which increases moisture, a diluent.

53. hūmerositẹ̄ n.

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Med. Wateriness, moistness; a fluid.

54. hūmiditẹ̄ n.

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(a) Moistness, dampness; (b) anat. & med. the primary quality of moistness.

55. hūmorā̆l adj.

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Med. & surg. Consisting of humors or of pus; filled with humors or with pus.

56. immēdiāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: immediate
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(a) Next, contiguous; also, close; (b) next in succession, close in succession; (c) without interposition of agent or medium, direct; (d) med. immediat cause, proximate cause, direct cause; (e) not…

57. impinguāciǒun n.

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Med. The process of fattening a person.

58. impulsī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. (a) Of a medicine: able to drive humors down or repel them; (b) as noun: a medicine of this sort.

59. inā̆niciọ̄nāl adj.

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Med. Induced by depletion of blood or humors.

60. incarnāciǒun n.

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(a) Theol. The Christian doctrine that God became man, Christ's incarnation; cristes incarnacioun, incarnacioun of the lord, etc.; taken incarnacioun of, to assume human form from (the Blessed…

61. indūrāciǒun n.

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(a) Med. & surg. The hardening of a bodily part, an inflammation, etc.; (b) alch. the hardening or congealing of soft materials.

62. ingrōssāciǒun n.

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Med. (a) A swelling, an abscess; (b) a pathological increase in size, a protrusion of the belly or the eyes; (c) a thickening or caking of milk in the breast.

63. ingrōssā̆tī̆f adj.

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Med. Having the power to thicken or congeal the humors.

64. inscīden v.

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Med. To dissolve (viscid or thick humors), disperse.

65. inscī̆sī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. & surg. (a) Of medicines: having the property of dispersing, diluting, or dissolving viscous, thick, or heavy humor; (b) as noun: a medicine having such a property; (c) slashing, cutting.

66. inspissātīve adj.

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Med. Having the property of causing thickening, coagulative.

67. interpolāte adj.

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Not continuous, intermittent: (a) of occurrences in general: happening on separate occasions; (b) specif. med. of fever or other symptoms of disease: occurring between intervals of relief, fitful.

68. inversāciǒun n.

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Med. A turning inward of some bodily part.

69. inviscāciǒun n.

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Med. & surg. A sticking together of parts of a wound, of the eyelids, etc.

70. ipostasim n.

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

71. istuphāte adj.

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Med. Heated with steam.

72. lapidificāciǒun n.

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Med. The process of hardening.

73. lavātōrī(e n.

Additional spellings: lavatorie
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(a) Eccl. A piscina; ?also, a holy water stoup; ?also, a washbasin; (b) the great brass or bronze laver in the temple of Jerusalem; the Brazen or Molten Sea (made by Solomon for his temple); (c) a…

74. lēniciǒun n.

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Med. A softening effect or property.

75. lē̆nī̆ficā̆tī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. (a) Softening; (b) a softening agent.

76. lē̆nī̆tī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. Softening; lenitif clisteri(e, a softening enema.

77. leuco-fleuma n.

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

78. līenterīa n.

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Med. A form of diarrhea.

79. massacumie n.

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Med. (a) A vitrified glaze, probably containing lead; (b) a medicinal powder containing massacumie and other ingredients, used in the treatment of corneal ulcers.

80. menstrūum n.

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Anat. & med. The menstrual flow, menstruation; blod menstruum, menstrual flow.

81. miliāris n.

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Med. A skin disease characterized by miliary eruptions.

82. mirtille n.

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Med. In the names of preparations from the berries or leaves of the European myrtle (Myrtus communis); mirtille berie.

83. mollificātī̆f adj.

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(a) Med. Of medicines: softening, causing softness; (b) as noun: a softening medicine, an ointment.

84. mollitī̆f adj.

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(a) Med. Softening, causing to be soft; (b) as noun: a softening medicine or ointment.

85. mordificāciǒun n.

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Med. (a) Stinging, smarting, irritation; (b) corrosiveness.

86. mordificātī̆ve adj.

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Med. & surg. (a) Distressing, tormenting; (b) corrosive; as noun: a caustic or corrosive medicine.

87. mortificāciǒun n.

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(a) Death; (b) renunciation of self and the world; mortificacioun of the flesh (bodi), mortificacioun of sinne, penitential asceticism.

88. mundificātī̆f n.

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Med. & surg. (a) A cleansing substance used internally or externally; (b) an ointment, plaster, powder, or liquid for cleansing a wound or ulcer; mundificatif de apio, mundificatif of smal ache,

89. mundificātī̆f adj.

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Med. & surg. Cleansing.

90. obviāciǒun n.

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Med. (a) Encounter or contact (with sth.), exposure (to sth.); (b) the use of preventive measures.

91. omothoie n.

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Med. a disorder of the pleura causing blood-suffused sputum.

92. pelot(e n.

Additional spellings: pelote
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(a) A spherical or circular object; a gob, lump, or piece; (b) a pellet or cannon ball of various sizes, made of metal or stone, used as a missile to be discharged from a catapult, cannon, crossbow…

93. penetrātī̆f adj.

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(a) Med. & surg. Of medicines, ointments, etc.: penetrative, penetrating; (b) permeating, piercing; pungent, sharp; of the power of prayer: able to pierce.

94. periode n.

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(a) An extent of time; the period of human life; the span or duration of a government or city, as marked by astronomical occurrences; (b) daies periodes, with daies construed as sg. gen.: ?the seven…

95. peripleumonīe n.

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Med. An inflammation of the lungs; ?pneumonia.

96. pē̆rl(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: perle
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(a) A pearl; (b) margerie perl, a pearl; perl of oriente, orient perl, perl orient, perl orientale, a pearl from the Orient; also, a pearl of exceptional brilliance; perl ston, perl of pris; (c) coll.

97. piriāciǒun n.

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

98. pirrīe n.

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Med. The external application of moist heat.

99. plā̆stre n.

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Med. (a) A plaster, poultice, or compress made from herbs, meal, or other substance, often applied on a cloth to the affected area, for a variety of medicinal purposes; (b) hot plastre, plastre

100. plā̆stren v.

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Med. (a) To cover (a sore, part of the body) with a plaster, poultice, or ointment; ben plastred, be covered with a plaster; also, be healed or cured; also fig.; (b) to apply a plaster; spread or…