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† diaˈsenna Pharm. Obs. Also 6–7 diasene. [medical L., f. dia-2 + senna. Also a. F. diasène, diasenne (Paré, 16th c.).] A purgative electuary of which senna formed the base; the confection of senna.1562 Turner Baths 10 Let the patient be purged with electuarye lenitiuo or diasene. 1621 Burton Anat. ...
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Diasenna
In pre-modern medicine, diasenna (medical Lat dia-, "composed of" + senna, from Arab. sanā) is a soft, purgative electuary containing the plant senna. Diasenna was said to ease and comfort the melancholic, and splenetic, and was good against all diseases arising from an atrabilis.
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▪ I. dia-, prefix1 before a vowel di-, repr. Gr. δια-, δι-, the prep. διά through, during, across, by. [orig. *δϝιγα, from root of *δϝο, δύο two, and so related to δίς, *δϝίς twice (di-2) and L. dis- a-two, asunder (dis-, di-1).] Much used in Greek in composition, in the senses ‘through, thorough, t...
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