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1. acētǒus adj.

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(a) Sour to the taste or smell, acid; (b) milk acetous, soured milk; sirup acetous, a decoction of honey or sugar and vinegar; water acetous, water mixed with vinegar; (c) physiol. sour.

2. 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…

3. 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…

4. aquọ̄sitẹ̄ n.

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Physiol. (a) The 'quality' of being inherently 'moist'; (b) the liquid constituent of the body, or overabundance of it; also, serous fluid.

5. aquǒus, -ọ̄se adj.

Additional spellings: aquose
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Phys. & physiol. Moist (said of one of the four qualities attributed to matter and to organisms); aquous aposteme, a swelling filled with serous fluid; aquous hernia, such a swelling in the scrotum.

6. chīme n.

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Physiol. A 'humor'; the 'humors' collectively; god chime metes, foods producing good 'humors'; ivel chime bodi, a body suffering from bad 'humors'.

7. colātōrie n.

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(a) Physiol. The sphenoidal air sinus; (b) a duct.

8. distemperaunce n.

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Physiol. (a) The imbalance of humors or of qualities; (b) a morbid condition due to this imbalance; (c) excess of one quality.

9. distemperen v.

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

10. extrānēāt, extrānied ppl.

Additional spellings: extranied
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Derived (by combustion); physiol. derived from without, i.e. not through the natural functioning of the body, foreign.

11. mordicitẹ̄ n.

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Physiol. Caustic or corrosive action or quality.

12. nūtrī̆tī̆f adj.

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Anat. and physiol. (a) Concerned with or pertaining to the function of nourishing; nutritif vertu, vertu (strengthe, pouere) nutritif; -- also person.; (b) nutritif blod, blood which provides…

13. nūtrī̆tīve n.

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(a) Anat. and physiol. A nutritive member of the body, an organ whose function is to nourish the body; (b) nourishing food, nourishment.

14. nūtrī̆ve n.

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Anat. and physiol. The nutritive members of the body.

15. redditī̆ve adj.

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Anat. and physiol. Concerned with or pertaining to the function of restoring, restorative; vertu redditive.

16. resō̆rten v.

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(a) To return, go back; of sickness, the Golden Age: recur, come again; resorten hom, return home; ben resorted, be come again; (b) resorten to (in-to, unto), to return to (sb., a place or position…

17. respīrātī̆ve adj.

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Physiol. membres respirative, respiratory members.

18. serōsitẹ̄ n.

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Physiol. The quality of being serous or whey-like.

19. stoppen v.

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(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.

20. superflū̆itẹ̄ n.

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(a) An excess in number or quantity, overabundance; also, an unnecessary number or part; (b) excess growth on a tree, the molt or exuviae cast off periodically by some animals, an excess number of…