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3. abstersīve adj.
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Of medicines: able to remove pus or other impurities from a wound or sore; cleansing, detergent.
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4. 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.
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8. adminiculātī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.
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adminiculative
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(a) Supplementary; (b) a supplement.
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9. admittīble adj.
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(a) Of reasoning: acceptable, admissible; of an action: permissible; (b) law of persons: allowed, entitled, having the right (to defend a case in a certain manner).
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11. adustī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.
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adustive
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Burning, scorching; of medicines: able to burn up (or destroy with heat) excess humors in the body.
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12. affectūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.
13. aggregā̆tī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.
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aggregative
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Of medicines: having the property of bringing together, or closing, the lips of a wound.
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15. albificātīve adj.
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Alch. Having the power to whiten.
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16. alkalī, alkalīn n. & adj.
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alkalin
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An alkaline substance obtained from the calcined ashes of plants: soda (from sea plants), potash (from land plants); sal alkali(n.
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20. alteratī̆f, -īve adj.
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alterative
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(a) Causing or promoting alteration in quality (hot-cold, moist-dry); -- as noun: an 'alterative' medicine; (b) alteratif vertu, the natural faculty of altering 'quality' in the body.
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