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1. ablāciǒun n.

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Med. and surg. (a) Removal, amputation; ablacioun of blod, bloodletting; also, removal (of the cause of a disease); (b) loss of function (in a part of the body).

2. abstersiǒun n.

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Surg. (a) The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore, the removal of pus or other impurities by means of cleansing medicines; (b) a detergent or cleansing property.

3. abstersīve n.

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Surg. A cleansing medicine; a preparation, externally applied, which removes pus and other impurities from wounds or sores.

4. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.

Additional spellings: actuel
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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…

5. adustiǒun n.

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(a) Treatment with heat or burning, calcination of a substance; (b) surg. cauterization; (c) phys. the corruption of bodily humors, ulcers, etc., by heat; the process by which humors, etc., become adu

6. aggregāten v.

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To combine, collect, or gather (persons, things, qualities, etc.) into one body or sum.

7. articūlāciǒun n.

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Anat. & surg. (a) A joint or joining (of bones); (b) setting (of bones or fractures).

8. astēl, astelle n.

Additional spellings: astelle
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(a) A billet or shingle; astel shid; (b) firewood; (c) surg. a splint.

9. bē̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bende
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(a) A fetter, shackle, chain; also fig.; (b) a band or strap of metal, a hoop, clamp, fastening; (c) a circlet or fillet to confine the hair; (d) a cord for tying or fastening; a bandage, rope, withy…

10. bresten v.

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(a) To be broken, fall apart, break, shatter; bresten atwo, bresten atwinne, bresten in peces, bresten in sunder; (b) to break (sth.), shatter, crush; break (one's arm); ppl. brosten, of grain or…

11. bresting ger.

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(a) Breaking; bresting doun, breaking down, overthrowing; (b) a wound, a bruise; (c) bursting open.

12. calidicǒun n.

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Surg. A strong caustic medicine.

13. callō̆sitē n.

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Surg. Pathologically hardened tissue.

14. callǒus adj.

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Surg. Of flesh, skin, etc.: hardened, pathologically hard.

15. canāble n.

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Surg. A device for holding a broken limb rigid.

16. canal(e n.

Additional spellings: canale
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A pipe or tube.

17. cāne n.

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(a) A reed (esp., Arundo donax & Phragmites communis); (b) sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum); (c) a Javanese reed; prob., bamboo; (d) a fragrant reed of India and Persia.

18. canūle n.

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Surg. (a) A hollow sheath or tube through which a suturing needle or a cauterizing instrument is passed; fenestred canule, a tube with a hole, or window, in the side; (b) a tube inserted in the body…

19. 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…

20. carbuncle n.

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(a) A precious stone, any of the gems called carbuncles; esp., that carbuncle which shines in the dark; (b) a decorative material made of (or resembling) carbuncles; (c) something excellent or…

21. carpīe n.

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Surg. Shredded linen, surgical lint.

22. cā̆se n.(1)

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(a) A box, chest, casket, case; as a case, like a chest, as big as a chest; corporal case, corporas case, a case or container for a corporal cloth; (b) a quiver for arrows; a case for bows or bows and…

23. chanel n.

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(a) The bed of a river or of the sea; (b) a navigable channel in the estuary of a river.

24. circumcisiǒun n.

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A religious rite of Jews and Mohammedans: removal of the foreskin, circumcision [corresp. in significance to baptism among Christians]; holden, kepen circumcisioun, observe the rite of circumcision…

25. clāvā̆le n.

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(a) A nail; (b) surg. a cauterizing instrument with a nail-shaped head; ?also, cauterization with such an instrument.

26. cǒuntre- pref.

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Against (in position, motion, direction), opposite, counter-; ?back, rear (as opposed to front, forward); countre- filet, some kind of ribbon for the head or headdress; countre- frount, countre-

27. crepane n.

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Surg. An instrument used to cut small holes in the skull, a borer, trepan; 'instrument for removing discs of bone from skull, trepan' [Norri].

28. crepatūre n.

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Surg. A hernia.

29. crōmb(e n.

Additional spellings: crombe
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(a) A crooked staff; a hook; ?also, some type of hooked implement or fixture; welle cromb, the hook attached to a well rope [see welle n., sense 1c.(d)]; (b) surg., a hooklike or curved surgical…

30. cultellāre n.

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Surg. A knife-shaped cauterizing instrument.

31. cuppen v.

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Surg. To bleed (sth.) by means of a cupping glass.

32. cupping ger.

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Surg. Cupping, ventosing; cupping cuppe, a cupping glass.

33. cūre n.(1)

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(a) Attention, heed; nimen cure, to pay attention; taken cure, pay attention (to sth.), be interested (in sth.); I do no cure, I do not care, I am indifferent; (b) fondness, liking, partiality…

34. dēceivāble adj.

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(a) Of persons or animals: deceitful, lying, treacherous; -- also as noun; (b) disloyal, seditious.

35. declināciǒun n.

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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

36. decorāciǒun n.

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Surg. Covering blemishes with cosmetics, beautification.

37. decorāt ppl.

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(a) Made beautiful, adorned; also fig.; (b) surg. treated with cosmetic preparations.

38. decorātī̆f adj.

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Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying.

39. dēcōren v.

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Surg. To cover blemishes in (sth.), beautify (the face, etc.).

40. dēd adj.

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(a) Of persons, animals, bodies, parts of bodies: dead, no longer alive; also fig.; ben ded, to be dead; (b) of trees, flowers, etc.: dead.

41. dēd adj. as n.

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(a) A dead man, a corpse; pl. dead men, corpses, the dead; dedes office, funeral service; (b) a ghost; (c) one who has died; the ded, the deceased; dedes wille, will or desire expressed by someone who…

42. dēf adj. (& n.)

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(a) Unable to hear; of a person, an ear, hearing: deaf; blind and def, def and blind, def and doumb, doumb and def; (b) as noun: deaf person(s, the deaf; (c) def boren, born deaf.

43. dēfending ger.

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(a) The act of defending; defense against physical harm, protection; the defending, defense of yourself, self-defense; (b) a means of defense; a covering; a fortification.

44. dēfens(e n.

Additional spellings: defense
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(a) Act of defending oneself (or sb. else) by fighting, defense; comen to defens, to come to someone's defense; don defens, maken defens, stonden at defens, to defend oneself; also, to fight; for (in)

45. 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.

46. 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…

47. dēfensiǒun n.

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(a) Defense against physical attack; (b) reply, refutation; (c) fig. help; protection against temptation, sorrow, etc.; (d) punishment; (e) surg. a preventive measure or medicine.

48. dē̆fensōrie n.

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(a) That which defends, defense; (b) surg. a covering, protection.

49. dēpōnen v.

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Surg. To make a statement or decision about the nature of a wound; ?also, to make a medical statement or deposition (in a court of law).

50. dēpōning ger.

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Surg. The making of a statement or decision about a wound, ?diagnosis.

51. disjunctūre n.

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Surg. Dislocation.

52. dislōcāciǒun n.

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Surg. Dislocation of a bone; also, displacement of an organ.

53. dī̆verting ger.

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Med. & surg. Diverting or drawing off of morbid humors.

54. dǒun adv.

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(a) With verbs implying motion: to a lower place, down, downward; also fig.; (b) with verbs implying rest: at a lower place, below, down; also fig.; (c) with verbs of looking, etc.: downward; casten

55. drauen v.

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(a) To pull, tug, draw; pull in harness; (b) to pull (sb. or sth.), drag, tug at; pull up (a drawbridge); (c) to draw or withdraw (a part of the body); (d) to pull (a vehicle), tow (a ship), turn…

56. drauing(e ger.

Additional spellings: drauinge
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(a) The action of pulling; pulling a plow, towing a ship, hauling with a cart; drauing bi her, tearing the hair; drauing up anker, weighing anchor; (b) drawing a sword; drawing the string of a bow…

57. drīe adj.(1)

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(a) Not humid, moist, or drenched; dry; (b) of land: not flooded or submerged; also, not wet or sodden; comen (driven) to drie lond, to come (drive) ashore; (c) not moistened or soaked; mid (with)

58. entenciǒun n.

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(a) Purpose, intention, or design; aim or object; final entencioun, ultimate purpose or goal; (b) of entencioun, on purpose, intentionally; of on entencioun, with fixed purpose; unanimously.

59. faldella n.

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Surg. A compress made of small folds of cloth.

60. ferūl n.

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(a) The giant fennel Ferula communis; (b) a rod or shoot of fennel; (c) surg. a splint.

61. fervent adj.

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(a) Hot, burning, fiery; fervent hete, burning heat; (b) fervent oil, hot oil; fervent water, scalding water; (c) fervent ground (lond).

62. fissūre n.

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Surg. (a) A cut or crack; lesion, rupture; (b) an incision.

63. flẹ̄me n.(2)

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Surg. A lancet used for letting blood.

64. flēn v.(2)

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(a) To strip the skin from (a person, a part of someone's body); also, to tear the skin to shreds (by blows, scourging, etc.); to strip (the skin from the flesh); flen of, to flay off (the skin); flen

65. flē̆sh n.

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(a) The flesh of the human body; esp., the muscular, gristly, and glandular portions (as opposed to blood vessels, bones, fat, hair, ligaments, nerves, skin, etc.); (b) corresponding portions of an…

66. flē̆shing ger.

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(a) Bits of flesh and other matter scraped from the flesh side of a hide, scrapings; (b) surg. the production of new tissue in a wound.

67. follicūle n.

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Surg. (a) A membranous husk sloughed off after a bone operation; (b) the sac surrounding an encysted abscess.

68. forbẹ̄den v.

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To prohibit (an action, a practice, a sin), to forbid (someone to do something);--usually with personal indirect object: (a) with that clause, usually neg. & subjunctive, as direct object; (b) with…

69. fǒul adj.

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(a) Dirty, filthy, soiled; (b) maken foul, to void excrement; (c) foul wei, a muddy road or path; (d) a miry place in a road or street; atte foul, at the muddy place, by the marsh; fair ne foul, for…

70. frẹ̄ adj.

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(a) Of a person: free in rank or condition, having the social status of a noble or a freeman, not a slave or serf; holding one's land in free tenure (i.e., a more or less permanent tenure depending…

71. Frē̆nsh adj.

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(a) Pertaining to France [as constituted at various times], or to Frenchmen; consisting of Frenchmen; associated with France or Frenchmen; Frensh fare, courtly behavior; Frensh flour, the…

72. gaderen v.

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(a) Of people: to come together, assemble, congregate; meet, have a meeting; gaderen abouten, gaderen unto, crowd around (sb.), surround; (b) refl. to come together, assemble; gaderen samen, gaderen

73. gaderinge ger.

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(a) The assembling of people, act of coming together; mustering of an army; meeting of a council; gaderinge about, crowding around; (b) the summoning of a council; (c) a group of people assembled, a…

74. garsen v.

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Surg. To make cuts or incisions in (sb., the skin, a wound, etc.) in order to drain off venom or let blood; scarify.

75. garsinge ger.

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(a) Surg. Scarification; (b) fig..

76. ǧenerāciǒun n.

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(a) The act or process of procreation; procreating or being procreated; reproduction; also, sexual intercourse; bastard generacioun, crossbreeding; fleshli generacioun, physical begetting; dede (werk)

77. ǧenerātī̆f n.

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(a) Anat. The power which produces bodily tissues or organs; (b) surg. a medicine that promotes the regeneration of lost tissue.

78. gīleful adj.

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(a) Deceitful, treacherous, fraudulent, dishonest; (b) of a bow: unreliable; of an operation: uncertain, hazardous; (c) of a gem: not genuine, false; (d) med. & surg. of an ulcer: gangrenous; of…

79. girdel n.

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(a) A belt worn around the waist, used for fastening clothes or for carrying a sword, purse, etc.; (b) eken out girdel, to stretch the belt, stuff one's belly; from girdel to hose, the excretory…

80. gleuen v.(2)

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(a) To stick (things) together with some mucilaginous substance; gleuen togeder(es; stick or fasten (sth. to a place), stick (sth.) to a surface; gleuen with, cover (a surface) with parchment by…

81. glūtināciǒun n.

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Surg. The property of closing up wounds or knitting fractures or severed nerves.

82. glūtināte adj.

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Surg. Of wounds, fractures, severed nerves: closed up, knit, brought together.

83. glūtināten v.

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Surg. To bring together lips of a wound; knit fractured bones or severed nerves.

84. glūtinātī̆f adj. & n.

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Surg. (a) As adj.: having the property of closing up wounds, knitting fractures, etc; (b) as noun: a medicine having this property.

85. glūtinen v.

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Surg. To knit (the ends of fractured bones).

86. glūtinōsitẹ̄ n.

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

87. gōing(e ger.

Additional spellings: goinge
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(a) Act of walking; also, locomotion; vertu of going, capacity for walking; (b) a procession or the like; going daies, Rogation Days; rules of goinges, the order of precedence in going or in a…

88. gradūāl adj.

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Having steps or ridges; surg. gradual roundnesse, ridged bulges at the lower end of the humerus which form the joint with the bones of the forearm.

89. grẹ̄ne adj.

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(a) Green, of the colour of grass; (b) of the skin or complexion: green; also, pale, colorless, livid; gul and grene, pale and grene; (c) as symbolic of inconstancy or envy; (d) grene cloth, the…

90. grōs adj.

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(a) Large; gros glot (spiking), a kind of large nail or spike; (b) anat. of bodily parts, organs, structures: large, thick.

91. guides n. plural

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Surg. The jugular veins.

92. helper(e n.

Additional spellings: helpere
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(a) One who, or that which, gives help, an ally, assistant, supporter, collaborator; (b) surg. pl.: the humerus bone; (c) mil. pl.: auxiliary troops.

93. hẹ̄rd(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: herde
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(a) Pl. The coarse part of flax, hards; also, sg. a piece of the hards; (b) hards used in med. & surg.; --?also sg.

94. họ̄k n.

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(a) Any implement consisting of, or provided with, a metal hook for pulling, drawing, or hoisting; (b) ?a hook attached to an archer's belt for pulling the cord of a crossbow into position; ?the catch…

95. hō̆nd-werkinge ger.

Additional spellings: hondwerkinge
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Surg. Treatment employing the hands, operation.

96. horning(e ger.

Additional spellings: horninge
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(a) The tipping of bows with horn; the covering of books with sheets of translucent horn; (b) surg. the bleeding of a part of the body with a cupping horn; (c) in place names: ?a bend or curve, ?a…

97. hūmectāciǒun n.

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Med. & surg. (a) Watering of the eyes; (b) the moistening of bodily tissues, production of moisture in tissues.

98. hūmectā̆tī̆f adj.

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

99. hūmectī̆ve n.

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Surg. A moistening medicine.

100. hūmiditẹ̄ n.

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