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1. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.
Additional spellings:
actuel
22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the……
3. decorātī̆f adj.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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4. dē̆fensī̆f adj.
5 quotations in 1 sense
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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……
7. hūmectā̆tī̆f adj.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. Of food: increasing moisture in the body, diluent; (b) surg. of medicines: moistening, increasing moisture.
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9. imā̆ǧinātī̆f adj. & n.
28 quotations in 4 senses
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Phil. (a) Employing mental images; vertu imaginatif, the ability to form and retain images formed from data supplied from the senses or the communis sensus; also, the faculty of combining images into……
11. mē̆chanī̆c adj.
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a craft or skill: having do with tools, mechanical; also, manual; craftes mechanic; (b) surg. instrument mechanic, a manually devised instrument.
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13. mī̆tigātī̆f adj. & n.
21 quotations in 1 sense
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14. mordificātī̆ve adj.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. (a) Distressing, tormenting; (b) corrosive; as noun: a caustic or corrosive medicine.
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15. mundificātī̆f adj.
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17. potenciāl(e adj. Also plural (as n.)
Additional spellings:
potenciale
10 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Latent, potential; (b) surg. of a cautery or cauterizing agent: being a caustic or escharotic medicine used as an alternative to a hot iron; potencial cauterie, cauterie potencial.
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18. prēservātī̆f adj.
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. & surg. Of a treatment, regimen, etc.: serving to prevent or protect against a disease or morbid condition; preventive, prophylactic; also fig.; preservatif of; (b) of a treatment: tending to……
19. prī̆mitī̆f adj.
9 quotations in 1 sense
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In phrases: (a) primitif chirche, chirche primitif, the early Christian church; primitif chirche of engelond; (b) med. & surg. cause primitif, a non-corporeal cause of a disease.
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