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EMBROCATION

\ɛmbɹəkˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛmbɹəkˈe‍ɪʃən], \ɛ_m_b_ɹ_ə_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of EMBROCATION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

1. Liniment. 2. Fomentation, the application of a liniment.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A synonym of liniment.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Act of embrocating: the lotion used.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A liniment, or its application.
Embrocate.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The act of embrocating; the liquid used; a linmueut.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The act of bathing and rubbing a diseased part with a liquid medicine.
Mixture so employed.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A fluid application to be rubbed on any part of the body. It is often used synonymously with liniment. Originally employed in the sense of Fomentation.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A liniment or medicine for outward application.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The process of applying a liquid medicament to the surface, especially by rubbing.
Any liquid medicament applied by rubbing, especially a liniment. Roche's ebrocation. See under Roche. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. Act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part:â€”the lotion with which an affected part is rubbed or washed.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The act of rubbing any part diseased with medicinal liquors; the lotion with which any diseased part is washed.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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