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1.
encatisma
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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'1. Medicated bath in which patient is immersed up to navel; 2. Enema, liquid medication injected into rectum' [Norri].
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encatisme
n.
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'Medicated bath in which patient is immersed up to navel' [Norri].
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3.
etī̆k
n.(1)
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(a) The science or principles of human conduct, ethics; (b) a particular system of ethics, a discussion of moral principles; esp., the ethical treatises of Aristotle (often pl.).
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etī̆k
adj.(1)
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Pertaining to ethics; ethical, moral.
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etī̆k
adj.(2)
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(a)
fever etik
, hectic fever; (b) of persons: suffering from hectic fever; ?consumptive.
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exagion
n.
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A unit of weight.
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heresīarc
n.
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A leader of an heretical sect, an arch-heretic [see quot., which represents a gloss by the English translator.]
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planetik
adj.
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Of a fever: occurring intermittently and at unpredictable intervals.
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sandarik
adj.
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Of a red or red-orange colour, like the dyes produced from madder root.
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