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2. empistonos, -tenos adj. as n.
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empistenos
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A tetanic spasm in which the head is drawn back, opisthotonos.
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3. antropofaǧe n.
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anthropophage
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A person who eats human flesh, cannibal.
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4. diaquiloun n.
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Med. A lead plaster containing various plant extracts; 'plaster containing mucilages (in some recipes also juices) extracted from plants, litharge (lead monoxide), and olive oil.' [Norri]; diaquiloun……
6. adama(u)nt n.
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adamaunt
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(a) A kind of precious stone; diamond; (b) adamant; fig. something indestructible and enduring, something impenetrable.
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7. panāricium n.
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An inflamed swelling around a fingernail; ?also, an abdominal aposteme.
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9. malencolī(e n.
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malencolie
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(a) One of the four humors, black bile; a bodily fluid which helps to form and nourish the body; -- not pathological unless present in excessive amounts; also, an altered form of black bile [see (b)]……