apozem
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin apozema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα (apózema, “to extract by boiling”), from the root ζέω (zéō, “to boil, seethe”), q. v.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apozem (plural apozems)
- (medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:
- a draught of her purging Apozem in the Morning
Translations edit
a medicinal decoction or infusion
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References edit
“apozem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.