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imposthume
imposthume etc.: see impostume. Oxford English Dictionary
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impostume
▪ I. impostume, -thume, n. Now rare. (ɪmˈpɒstjʊm) Forms: 5–6 em-, en-, im-, -postem(e, -tym(e, -tome, -tume, 6–8 impostem, 7 imposthim, 6– impostume, -thume. [a. OF. empostume (also in 16th c. Eng.), altered form of apostume, aposteme; see apostem. A word which has undergone unusual corruption both ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sir John Reresby, 2nd Baronet
According to Reresby he had not been gelded and the cause of death was an "imposthume" (abscess) in the head (p. 149). wikipedia.org
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empyic
† emˈpyic, a. Med. Obs. rare. [ad. Gr. ἐµπυικός suppurating.] That suffers from empyema.[1657 Phys. Dict., Empyici, are such as have an imposthume or bladder broken in the side of the lungs.] 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. v. 141 This Sinus is especially considerable in tapping Empyick persons. Oxford English Dictionary
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Jane Savage, Marchioness of Winchester
She had an "imposthume", an infected swelling of the mouth and cheek which had developed from a toothache, which caused a fever. wikipedia.org
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apostem
† ˈapostem(e, -tume, -thume, n. Obs. Forms: 4 apostym, 4–8 -teme, 7–8 -tem; 5–7 -tume, 6 -tom, 6–8 -thume. [a. OFr. aposteme, apostume (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. apostēma, a. Gr. ἀπόστηµα separation, spec. separation of purulent matter into an abscess, f. ἀποστα-, ἀποστῆναι to stand off, withdraw (... Oxford English Dictionary
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impostumation
impostumation, -thumation Now rare. (ɪmpɒstjuːˈmeɪʃən) [Altered form of apostumation, apostemation, after impostume.] 1. The formation of an impostume; festering, suppuration.1552 Huloet, Imposthumacion or runnynge of a sore, suppurantia, suppuratio [etc.]. 1643 I. Steer tr. Exp. Chyrurg. v. 13 Here... Oxford English Dictionary
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Robert Burton
As he described his condition in the preface "Democritus Junior to the Reader", "a kind of imposthume in my head, which I was very desirous to be unladen wikipedia.org
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diligently
diligently, adv. (ˈdɪlɪdʒəntlɪ) [f. diligent a. + -ly2.] In a diligent manner; with diligence. a. With steady application; assiduously, industriously; not idly or lazily; † with dispatch.1340 Ayenb. 208 Huo þet zecþ diligentliche. 1382 Wyclif 2 Chron. xix. 11 Takith coumfort and doith diligently, an... Oxford English Dictionary
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evacuatory
† eˈvacuatory, a. and n. Obs. rare. [f. prec.; see -ory.] = evacuant A. and B.1704 Gentleman Instr. (1732) 309 (D.) An imposthume calls for a lance, and oppletion for unpalatable evacuatories. 1789 W. Falconer Ess. Health Pers. Agric. 84 Medicines of the evacuatory kind. Oxford English Dictionary
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spasmodical
spasˈmodical, a. [-al1.] = spasmodic a.1766 Smollett Trav. I. iii. 23, I knew there was no imposthume in my lungs, and I supposed the stitches were spasmodical. 1864 Daily Tel. 29 June, M. von Bismarck, who..made spasmodical exertions to prevent the Diet kindling into martial indignation. Hence spas... Oxford English Dictionary
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empostem
empostem, -ume obs. ff. imposthume. Oxford English Dictionary
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roupy
▪ I. roupy, a.1 (ˈruːpɪ) Also 9 roopy. [f. roup n.2] Of poultry: Affected with the roup (inflammation of the rump-gland).1722 De Foe Plague (Bohn) 165 The breath of such a person would poison..even a cock or hen:..it would cause them to be roupy, as they call it. 1823 New Monthly Mag. VIII. 501 Fast... Oxford English Dictionary
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bistort
bistort (ˈbɪstɔːt) [(a. F. bistorte), ad. L. bistorta, f. bis twice + torta twisted, fem. pa. pple.] 1. A species of Polygonum (P. bistorta), named from the twisted form of its large root, bearing a cylindrical spike of small flesh-coloured flowers; also called Snakeweed. See adderwort.1578 Lyte Dod... Oxford English Dictionary
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oppletion
† oˈppletion Med. Obs. [ad. med.L. or L. type *opplētiōn-em, n. of action f. opplēre: see prec.] The action of filling or condition of being filled up; undue fullness of habit or of an organ or part.1615 Crooke Body of Man 506 In the oppletion or filling of the ventricles by any humor. 1713 Gentl. I... Oxford English Dictionary
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