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1. alteraciǒun n.
15 quotations in 2 senses
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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……
9. dīǧestiǒun n.
40 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The digestion of food and drink; first digestioun, the digestive process carried on principally in the stomach and intestines; (b) the capacity for digesting food or drink; (c) digestibleness; of……
10. dī̆visiǒun n.(1)
78 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act or processes of splitting or breaking up; branching (of arteries, streams); (b) separability, divisibility; (c) math. the process of dividing numbers, division; (d) hunt. the ceremonious……
17. temperāment n.
14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The action of moderating the excessive degree of a quality in a bodily component; the regulation of the vital spirit of the body; (b) a moderate or an intermediate level with respect to qualities……
18. terrestritẹ̄ n.
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. The combination of coldness and dryness characteristic of the element of earth and the corresponding humor of melancholy; also, alch. earthen substance [last quot.].
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19. transmūten v.
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To transform the appearance of (sb.); physiol. alter the color of (sth.); also, work a change in color [last quot.]; (b) to change (sb. into sth. else), metamorphose; (c) alch. to change (one……