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1. animāl adj.

15 quotations in 2 senses
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Physiol. Pertaining to that 'faculty' of man, seated in the brain and the nervous system, which 'animates', i.e. produces and controls movement, perception, and thought; vertu or spirit animal. …

2. assimilatīf, -īve adj.

Additional spellings: assimilative
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. vertu (pouere) assimilatif, the power to assimilate nutriments; -- also person. …

3. conǧelatīf adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. Producing 'cold' quality. …

4. dīǧestī̆f adj. & n.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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As adj.: (a) med. able to break down pathological matter, humors, etc.; medecin digestif, a digestive medicine, a drug that prepares pathological matter for evacuation; (b) physiol. having to do with……

5. fūmǒus adj.

21 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Smoky (fire), vapor-like (cloud); (b) odoriferous (air, fume); odorous (thing); fumy (smell), smelly; (c) miry or swampy (soil). …

6. inguināle adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. Affecting or pertaining to the groin or lower part of the abdomen. …

7. nūtrīmentāl(e adj.

Additional spellings: nutrimentale
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Providing nourishment, affording nutrients; physiol. nutrimental blod, blod nutrimental, blood which provides nutriment. …

8. officiāl adj.

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Anat. & physiol. (a) Of part of the body: performing a service for the body or for one of the principal members; official membres, membres officiales, compound members which perform services for the……

9. rā̆dī̆cāl(e adj.

Additional spellings: radicale
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Originating in the root or ground; (b) anat. & physiol. of bodily organs, parts, fluids, etc.: vital or fundamental to life; ?also, as noun: a vital or principal bodily part or organ; (c)……

10. redditī̆ve adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. and physiol. Concerned with or pertaining to the function of restoring, restorative; vertu redditive. …

11. replēte adj. & ppl.

52 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Filled (with sth.), full; filled (with men); covered (with water, gems); (b) of persons: filled with food or drink, sated, satisfied; also, provided (with delicacies); also, spiritually satisfied……

12. spermatī̆k(e adj.

Additional spellings: spermatike
22 quotations in 1 sense
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Anat. & physiol. (a) Sperm-producing or sperm-carrying; also, as noun: the seminal ejaculatory duct or ducts; spermatik matere, matere spermatik, semen; spermatik vessel(es, the seminal ejaculatory……

13. temperāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: temperate
98 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a person, a person's disposition or nature, an attribute, etc.: mild, gentle; restrained, self-controlled, prudent; (b) of a person, a person's eating, physical activity, etc.: mod erate……

14. vā̆pō̆rǒus adj.

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(a) In the form of a vapor; also, airy (b) full of vapor; also, conducive to the production of vaporous substances in the body [quot. ?a1425]; (c) physiol. disposed to vaporize;—applied to vapor or……

15. vī̆tā̆l adj.

16 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Physiol. & phil. Pertaining to the principle of life which animates living beings; vital sprit, spirit vital (b) physiol. of humoral spirits: producing life, quickening, vital; vital blod, blood……

16. voluntārī(e adj.

Additional spellings: voluntarie
21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Proceeding from, subject to, or determined by the will; arising from willfulness, arbitrary; of the mind, heart, etc.: capable of unconstrained working, directed by volition; phil. not……

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