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41. 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. …

42. inscī̆sǒurs n. plural

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. An instrument shaped somewhat like shears for cutting off flesh in wounds or for cutting bones. …

43. involven v.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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To entangle (something), tie up; surround (sth.), envelop. …

44. laqueāte adj.

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Surg. Of a wounded part: tied with a loop so as to restrain the flow of blood. …

45. licium n.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. The juice of certain plants, especially honeysuckle; a medicine made from such juice reduced to powder. …

46. ligāciǒun n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Binding, imprisonment; (b) surg. binding up, ligature. …

47. magnificāciǒun n.

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(a) Surg. Enlargement; (b) enhancement of fame, glory. …

48. malīgnen v.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To attack (sb. or sth.), injure, wrong; -- also intrans.; malignen ayen(es, attack (sb. or sth.), injure, wrong; ppl. maligninge, harmful; false, infidel; (b) malignen ayen, to rail at maliciously……

49. mal(le n.

Additional spellings: malle
41 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A hammer; usually, a heavy iron hammer used for driving posts, breaking rocks, etc.; a sledge hammer, a maul; (b) a kind of mace, a hammerlike club made of (or tipped with) iron or lead; (c) surg.……

50. mē̆chanī̆c adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a craft or skill: having do with tools, mechanical; also, manual; craftes mechanic; (b) surg. instrument mechanic, a manually devised instrument. …

51. menstrūe n.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Med. & surg. The menstrual flow, menstruation; -- also used in pl.; time of menstrue, a menstrual period; (b) alch. one of three subtle substances used in various alchemical processes. …

52. mī̆tigātī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. & surg. (a) Soothing, lenitive; (b) as noun: a soothing preparation, palliative. …

53. mordicāciǒun n.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. (a) Stinging, irritation, distress; (b) corrosiveness, causticity. …

54. nāvāl(e adj.

Additional spellings: navale
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Pertaining to ships; naval coroune, an ornamental headdress awarded by the Romans to the first to enter an enemy ship during a naval battle; surg. pich naval, ship's pitch, ship's tar; the residuum of……

55. occāsiǒun n.

150 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) An opportunity for an action, sin, virtue, debate, etc.; an opportunity for trouble [quot.: (a1420)]; (b) opportunity personified; balled occasioun. …

56. operāciǒun n.

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(a) Work, deed(s, action(s; a military operation; also fig.; don operacioun(es, to perform (one's) deed(s, conduct (oneself), behave; (b) spiritual labor(s; (c) a scientific, alchemical, or magical……

57. opīlāciǒun n.

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Med. and surg. Obstruction or blockage in a wound, the gall bladder, etc.; an obstruction or obstructed condition of a nerve, etc.; opilacioun superficiale, an external obstruction. …

58. ō̆rifice n. singular & plural

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Anat. & surg. (a) The opening of a wound; (b) the aperture or cavity of an ulcer, fistula, or festering sore; (c) aperture(s(s in an organ, vein, or duct of the body; orifice of the emoroides, the……

59. parbrāken v.(1)

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(a) To break into or through (a fortification); (b) to dash oneself to pieces; (c) med. and surg. to fracture (limbs or other parts of the body); break open (a wound). …

60. pīpe n.(1)

166 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A tube or hollow cylinder employed as a receptacle or passage for liquid, smoke, etc.; the nozzle of a bellows; flue of a chimney; beli pipe, the nozzle of a bellows; (b) a water pipe, conduit……

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