mundifiˈcation ? Obs.
[a. F. mondification (16th c.), or ad. med.L. mundificātiōn-em, n. of action f. mundificāre to mundify.]
1. The action of mundifying, cleansing, or deterging; the state of being mundified. Chiefly Med. (e.g. of wounds, ulcers).
| 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. ii. 16 After mundification, ye must incarnate the place. 1672 Wiseman Wounds 26 This is done by universal Regiment and Digestion, with Mundification, that a new flesh may be made to fill the Cavity. 1810 Beresford Bibliosophia, etc. 102 The unparalleled difficulty of effectuating this mighty mundification. |
| fig. 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xxi. xxiii. 861 Those holy men..did not enuy the mundification [L. mundationem] and beatitude of those spirits. |
† 2. concr. ? A purified preparation.
| 1603 Lodge Treat. Plague l 3, Take of the mundification of rozen, and put it vppon the saide sores. |