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FLOWERS

\flˈa͡ʊəz], \flˈa‍ʊəz], \f_l_ˈaʊ_ə_z]\

Definitions of FLOWERS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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1. Flores. 2. The menstrual discharge. 3. A mineral substance in a powdery state after sublimation.

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

Popular term for menses.

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

A name formerly used in chemistry for fine mealy matter, as flowers of sulphur.

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

The ancient chymists gave this name to different solid and volatile substances obtained by sublimation. The term is not yet entirely banished from chymical and medical language, as Flowers of Benjamin, Flowers of Sulphur, &c.

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

An old term for fine powder obtained by sublimation and still used for f. of sulphur, and occasionally in other cases, as f. of arsenic.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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