Definitions
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- noun The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath.
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- noun The act or operation of
smearing thebody withmud , especially with thesediment frommineral springs ; a mud bath.
Etymologies
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il- in + Latin lutum mud.
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peritus commented on the word illutation
A mud bath. "ILLUTATIO. From in, upon, and lutum, mud. Illutation. The act of besmearing any part of the body with mud.", C.A. Harris, A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery and the collateral Sciences (Lindsay & Blakiston; 1855), p. 379.
February 9, 2008