See also: retención

Old French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin retentio, retentionem.

Noun edit

retencion oblique singularf (oblique plural retencions, nominative singular retencion, nominative plural retencions)

  1. retention (act of retaining)
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 208 of this essay:
      nous faisons saignee en retencion de menstrus
      we do bloodletting in the case of retention of menses

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