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61. penetrātī̆f adj.

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(a) Med. & surg. Of medicines, ointments, etc.: penetrative, penetrating; (b) permeating, piercing; pungent, sharp; of the power of prayer: able to pierce.

62. pī̆lē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: pilere
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(a) A pillar or column, either weight-bearing or free-standing; a pedestal; tre piler, piler of tre, a wooden pillar or post; (b) fig. a source of support, a supporter; the beam in the eye as referred…

63. plūmāciol n.

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Surg. A soft pad of wool, hards, cotton, etc., used on wounds; a compress, pledget.

64. potenciāl(e adj. Also plural (as n.)

Additional spellings: potenciale
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(a) Latent, potential; (b) surg. of a cautery or cauterizing agent: being a caustic or escharotic medicine used as an alternative to a hot iron; potencial cauterie, cauterie potencial.

65. prēservāciǒun n.

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(a) Protection, preservation; (b) a protective measure; (c) med. & surg. prophylaxis, protection from or prevention of a disease, morbid condition, etc.; -- usually with of- phrase; (d) a prophylactic…

66. prēservātī̆f adj.

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(a) Med. & surg. Of a treatment, regimen, etc.: serving to prevent or protect against a disease or morbid condition; preventive, prophylactic; also fig.; preservatif of; (b) of a treatment: tending to…

67. prē̆sse n.

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(a) A crowd, throng, company, an assembly; also, the assembling or gathering of a crowd; also, a group of things; (b) amid (among(es, in, in middes) presse, among or in a crowd; into presse, in among…

68. prohibitī̆f adj.

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Med. & surg. prohibitif of, preventive against (a morbid or pathological condition).

69. remollī̆tī̆f n.

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Surg. A softening medicine.

70. remollī̆tī̆f adj.

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Surg. Of a medicine: softening.

71. rīmel(e n.

Additional spellings: rimele
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Surg. A minute fissure in the brain.

72. ruptōrī(e n.

Additional spellings: ruptorie
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Med. & surg.: (a) A medicine that burns organic tissue by chemical action, a caustic or escharotic medicine; maken ruptori, to apply a caustic medicine (on the body); (b) the breaking or tearing open…

73. scaffe n.(2)

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Surg. A surgical apparatus, resembling a shoe or stirrup, used in gaining traction on a dislocated elbow.

74. scaraiāciọ̄n n.

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Surg. A scarifying.

75. scarpellāciǒun n.

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Surg. The making of shallow incisions as a means of letting blood, scarifying.

76. sē̆parā̆tōrīe n.

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Surg. A pointed instrument having a curved edge and used in removing sections of bone from the skull.

77. serrāten v.

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Surg. To saw off (an infected part of the body), amputate.

78. sī̆ringatoma n. plural

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Surg. Knives, hooked at the end and pointed.

79. sī̆ringing ger.

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Surg. Applying a siringe.

80. situāciǒun n.

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Surg. The act of setting a bone; in his due situacioun, in its correct position after setting.