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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. actūā̆l, -ē̆l adj.

Additional spellings: actuel
22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the……

3. adustiǒun n.

14 quotations in 2 senses
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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……

4. aggregāten v.

12 quotations in 2 senses
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To combine, collect, or gather (persons, things, qualities, etc.) into one body or sum. …

5. callō̆sitē n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. Pathologically hardened tissue. …

6. callǒus adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. Of flesh, skin, etc.: hardened, pathologically hard. …

7. canāble n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. A device for holding a broken limb rigid. …

8. 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……

9. cā̆se n.(1)

39 quotations in 3 senses
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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……

10. chanel n.

30 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The bed of a river or of the sea; (b) a navigable channel in the estuary of a river. …

11. circumcisiǒun n.

22 quotations in 4 senses
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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……

12. crepatūre n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. A hernia. …

13. 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……

14. declināciǒun n.

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

15. decorāciǒun n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Surg. Covering blemishes with cosmetics, beautification. …

16. decorāt ppl.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Made beautiful, adorned; also fig.; (b) surg. treated with cosmetic preparations. …

17. decorātī̆f adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying. …

18. dēcōren v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Surg. To cover blemishes in (sth.), beautify (the face, etc.). …

19. dēpōnen v.

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Surg. To make a statement or decision about the nature of a wound; ?also, to make a medical statement or deposition (in a court of law). …

20. disjunctūre n.

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Surg. Dislocation. …

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