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1. 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……

2. callō̆sitē n.

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Surg. Pathologically hardened tissue. …

3. 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……

4. 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……

5. 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. …

6. 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……

7. declināciǒun n.

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

8. decorāciǒun n.

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Surg. Covering blemishes with cosmetics, beautification. …

9. 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. …

10. fissūre n.

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

11. flẹ̄me n.(2)

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Surg. A lancet used for letting blood. …

12. follicūle n.

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

13. hūmectāciǒun n.

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

14. impediment n.

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(a) That which hinders or prevents; an obstacle, a difficulty, hindrance; also coll. obstacles; sauns impediment, without hindrance; withouten impediment of, unhindered by (sth.); don impediment unto……

15. imposiciǒun n.

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(a) A tax, charge, duty, tribute; (b) the levying of a tax, charge, duty, or tribute. …

16. inscī̆siǒun n.

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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. …

17. magnificāciǒun n.

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

18. mal(le n.

Additional spellings: malle
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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.……

19. menstrūe n.

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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. …

20. mī̆tigātī̆f adj. & n.

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

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