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1. box n.(2)

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A jar (for salves, cosmetics, spices, etc.), usually cylindrical. …

2. cataracte n.

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(a) One of the 'floodgates' of heaven; cataracte of the ether; (b) med. a cataract of the eye. …

3. 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. …

4. 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)……

5. crīse n.

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Med. The decisive point in the progress of a disease, the turning point for better or worse, crisis. …

6. 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……

7. dīaforē̆tic adj. & n.

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Med. (a) Capable of inducing or promoting perspiration; sudorific, diaphoretic; (b) a diaphoretic medicine. …

8. epatī̆k adj.

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Med. and anat. (a) Affected with disease of the liver; (b) epatik veine the basilic vein; = epatica n., sense 1. …

9. gargarīsen v.

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Med. To gargle; use (sth.) as a gargle; make (sb.) gargle; gargarisen with, cause (sb.) to gargle with (sth.). …

10. gargarisme n.

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Med. A gargle. …

11. īdō̆l(e n.

Additional spellings: idole
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(a) A man-made object representing a deity, an image of a god; (b) fig. someone who is false or untrustworthy. …

12. licium n.

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Med. & surg. The juice of certain plants, especially honeysuckle; a medicine made from such juice reduced to powder. …

13. liptomer n.

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Med. (a) Finely divided matter, matter in fine particles; also, liquid matter; (b) a medicine causing the division of matter into fine particles; esp. a diaphoretic; medicine liptomer, a diaphoretic……

14. method(e n.

Additional spellings: methode
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Med. The prescribed treatment for a pathological condition, recommended medical procedure; method of curacioun (curing) of, prescription for the treatment of (a pathological condition). …

15. mirt(e n.

Additional spellings: mirte
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(a) Myrtle, a shrub of the genus Myrtus; mirt tre; baie of mirt, mirt baie, fruit of mirt, mirtes baie(s, sed of mirt, myrtle berries; (b) myrtle berries; ?also, the leaves of myrtle; med. a……

16. Nicholas n.

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(a) Personal name; -- often replacing Nicol in later ME; also, name of a ship; (b) seint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Asia Minor; seint Nicholas chirche, chirche of seint Nicholas, a……

17. pleuresī n.

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Med. Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs and lining the thoracic cavity, pleurisy; pleuresi flux, ?pleurisy with effusion of fluid. …

18. reume n.

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Med.: (a) A watery fluid or humor conceived as draining from the higher parts of the body, and capable of causing diseases; a secretion, flux; (b) a cold in the head; catarrh; reume in the hed; cold……

19. schrōsis n.

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Med. A hard external tumor. …

20. timpanītēs n.

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Med. A disease in which the abdomen is distended by gas. …

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