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1. ablāciǒun n.

7 quotations in 3 senses
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Med. and surg. (a) Removal, amputation; ablacioun of blod, bloodletting; also, removal (of the cause of a disease); (b) loss of function (in a part of the body).

2. canal(e n.

Additional spellings: canale
7 quotations in 2 senses
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A pipe or tube.

3. cappe n.

61 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A headdress, a hat; esp., a small head covering worn under the hood; (b) a priest's close-fitting cap, the coif covering the tonsure; also, any kind of head covering for ecclesiastics; (c) a…

4. carbuncle n.

59 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A precious stone, any of the gems called carbuncles; esp., that carbuncle which shines in the dark; (b) a decorative material made of (or resembling) carbuncles; (c) something excellent or…

5. cūre n.(1)

158 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Attention, heed; nimen cure, to pay attention; taken cure, pay attention (to sth.), be interested (in sth.); I do no cure, I do not care, I am indifferent; (b) fondness, liking, partiality…

6. declināciǒun n.

14 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

7. dēfens(e n.

Additional spellings: defense
122 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Act of defending oneself (or sb. else) by fighting, defense; comen to defens, to come to someone's defense; don defens, maken defens, stonden at defens, to defend oneself; also, to fight; for (in)

8. dē̆fensī̆f n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. & surg. A medicine or ointment that prevents the growth or spread of disease, venom, humors, etc. [cp. defensif medecine]; (b) an ointment that preserves corpses.

9. entenciǒun n.

66 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Purpose, intention, or design; aim or object; final entencioun, ultimate purpose or goal; (b) of entencioun, on purpose, intentionally; of on entencioun, with fixed purpose; unanimously.

10. flē̆sh n.

411 quotations in 16 senses
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(a) The flesh of the human body; esp., the muscular, gristly, and glandular portions (as opposed to blood vessels, bones, fat, hair, ligaments, nerves, skin, etc.); (b) corresponding portions of an…

11. ǧenerāciǒun n.

88 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The act or process of procreation; procreating or being procreated; reproduction; also, sexual intercourse; bastard generacioun, crossbreeding; fleshli generacioun, physical begetting; dede (werk)

12. girdel n.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A belt worn around the waist, used for fastening clothes or for carrying a sword, purse, etc.; (b) eken out girdel, to stretch the belt, stuff one's belly; from girdel to hose, the excretory…

13. glūtinōsitẹ̄ n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. and surg. Of a medicine: capacity for sticking or causing adhesion, glutinosity.

14. hẹ̄rd(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: herde
29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Pl. The coarse part of flax, hards; also, sg. a piece of the hards; (b) hards used in med. & surg.; --?also sg.

15. hūmectāciǒun n.

6 quotations in 2 senses
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Med. & surg. (a) Watering of the eyes; (b) the moistening of bodily tissues, production of moisture in tissues.

16. hūmiditẹ̄ n.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Moistness, dampness; (b) anat. & med. the primary quality of moistness.

17. incarnāciǒun n.

39 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Theol. The Christian doctrine that God became man, Christ's incarnation; cristes incarnacioun, incarnacioun of the lord, etc.; taken incarnacioun of, to assume human form from (the Blessed…

18. indūrāciǒun n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. & surg. The hardening of a bodily part, an inflammation, etc.; (b) alch. the hardening or congealing of soft materials.

19. inscī̆sī̆f adj. & n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. (a) Of medicines: having the property of dispersing, diluting, or dissolving viscous, thick, or heavy humor; (b) as noun: a medicine having such a property; (c) slashing, cutting.

20. inscī̆siǒun n.

15 quotations in 2 senses
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Surg. (a) The act of cutting into a bodily part; (b) a surgical operation; (c) a slash, cut; also, a cut made in surgery; (d) that which is cut off in circumcision, the prepuce.