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1. ablāciǒun n.

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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. adustiǒun n.

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(a) Treatment with heat or burning, calcination of a substance; (b) surg. cauterization; (c) phys. the corruption of bodily humors, ulcers, etc., by heat; the process by which humors, etc., become adu……

3. callō̆sitē n.

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Surg. Pathologically hardened tissue. …

4. canāble n.

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Surg. A device for holding a broken limb rigid. …

5. carbuncle n.

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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……

6. cā̆se n.(1)

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(a) A box, chest, casket, case; as a case, like a chest, as big as a chest; corporal case, corporas case, a case or container for a corporal cloth; (b) a quiver for arrows; a case for bows or bows and……

7. chanel n.

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(a) The bed of a river or of the sea; (b) a navigable channel in the estuary of a river. …

8. circumcisiǒun n.

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A religious rite of Jews and Mohammedans: removal of the foreskin, circumcision [corresp. in significance to baptism among Christians]; holden, kepen circumcisioun, observe the rite of circumcision……

9. crepatūre n.

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Surg. A hernia. …

10. cūre n.(1)

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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……

11. declināciǒun n.

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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration. …

12. decorāciǒun n.

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Surg. Covering blemishes with cosmetics, beautification. …

13. disjunctūre n.

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Surg. Dislocation. …

14. entenciǒun n.

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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. …

15. ferūl n.

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(a) The giant fennel Ferula communis; (b) a rod or shoot of fennel; (c) surg. a splint. …

16. fissūre n.

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Surg. (a) A cut or crack; lesion, rupture; (b) an incision. …

17. flẹ̄me n.(2)

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Surg. A lancet used for letting blood. …

18. follicūle n.

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Surg. (a) A membranous husk sloughed off after a bone operation; (b) the sac surrounding an encysted abscess. …

19. glūtināciǒun n.

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Surg. The property of closing up wounds or knitting fractures or severed nerves. …

20. glūtinātī̆f adj. & n.

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Surg. (a) As adj.: having the property of closing up wounds, knitting fractures, etc; (b) as noun: a medicine having this property. …

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