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Definition of Emunctories
1. emunctory [n] - See also: emunctory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emunctories
Literary usage of Emunctories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Intestinal auto-intoxication by Adolphe Combe (1908)
"Causes Which Limit the Eliminative Powers of the emunctories Lastly, the great
emunctories, the skin and the kidneys, may become diseased and incompetent. ..."
2. On Diseases of the Skin by Erasmus Wilson (1857)
"This is quite true ; the lungs, the liver, the kidneys, the bowels, the skin,
arc all emunctories, and all-sufficient for the purposes of health, ..."
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