Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of boiling or exposing to the action of a heated liquid.
- noun In medicine, that alteration in morbific matter which fits it for elimination.
- noun Digestion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of boiling.
- noun obsolete, obsolete, obsolete Digestion.
- noun obsolete The change which the humorists{1} believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete An act of
boiling . - noun medicine, obsolete
digestion - noun obsolete The change which the
humoralists believedmorbific matter undergoes beforeelimination .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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He referred to this as "coction," a process in which the fever is burning something out, and the body needed help in this coction process.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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