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1. abstersiǒun n.

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Surg. (a) The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore, the removal of pus or other impurities by means of cleansing medicines; (b) a detergent or cleansing property.

2. astēl, astelle n.

Additional spellings: astelle
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(a) A billet or shingle; astel shid; (b) firewood; (c) surg. a splint.

3. canūle n.

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Surg. (a) A hollow sheath or tube through which a suturing needle or a cauterizing instrument is passed; fenestred canule, a tube with a hole, or window, in the side; (b) a tube inserted in the body…

4. cultellāre n.

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Surg. A knife-shaped cauterizing instrument.

5. dē̆fensī̆f n.

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(a) Med. & surg. A medicine or ointment that prevents the growth or spread of disease, venom, humors, etc. [cp. defensif medecine]; (b) an ointment that preserves corpses.

6. dēfensiǒun n.

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(a) Defense against physical attack; (b) reply, refutation; (c) fig. help; protection against temptation, sorrow, etc.; (d) punishment; (e) surg. a preventive measure or medicine.

7. dē̆fensōrie n.

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(a) That which defends, defense; (b) surg. a covering, protection.

8. flẹ̄me n.(2)

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Surg. A lancet used for letting blood.

9. hūmiditẹ̄ n.

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(a) Moistness, dampness; (b) anat. & med. the primary quality of moistness.

10. imā̆ǧinātī̆f adj. & n.

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Phil. (a) Employing mental images; vertu imaginatif, the ability to form and retain images formed from data supplied from the senses or the communis sensus; also, the faculty of combining images into…

11. impellencie n.

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Surg. A blunt, concave instrument for driving an arrow or the like out of the body.

12. incarnāciǒun n.

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(a) Theol. The Christian doctrine that God became man, Christ's incarnation; cristes incarnacioun, incarnacioun of the lord, etc.; taken incarnacioun of, to assume human form from (the Blessed…

13. macillence n.

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Surg. A morbid smallness or shrinking.

14. mirtīne n.(1)

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Surg. An instrument used for cauterizing, a cautery.

15. mortificāciǒun n.

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(a) Death; (b) renunciation of self and the world; mortificacioun of the flesh (bodi), mortificacioun of sinne, penitential asceticism.

16. mundificāciǒun n.

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Surg. (a) The process of cleansing a wound or sore, esp. by removing pus; (b) the cleansing property of a medicinal substance.

17. mundificātī̆f n.

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Med. & surg. (a) A cleansing substance used internally or externally; (b) an ointment, plaster, powder, or liquid for cleansing a wound or ulcer; mundificatif de apio, mundificatif of smal ache,

18. 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…

19. plūmāciol n.

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

20. 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.