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Definition of Aloes
1. Noun. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
Definition of Aloes
1. Noun. (plural of aloe) ¹
2. Noun. (plurale tantum) The resin of the trees ''Aquilaria agallocha'' or ''Aquilaria malaccensis'', known for their fragrant odour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aloes
1. aloe [n] - See also: aloe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aloes
Literary usage of Aloes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"Galen believed aloes applied externally to be an astringent, and stated its ...
Geoffrey pointed out aloes as eminently useful in the dressing of wounds and ..."
2. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"aloes et Myrrh., BP—44 per cent, of aloes, 22 per cent, of Myrrh. Dose, 0.25 to
0.5 Gm., 4 to 8 gr., BP Tr. aloes, USP—IQ per cent, of aloes, ..."
3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"The solution now contained, in addition to the aloes, acetate of potash, and
acetate of lime, resulting from double decomposition, and the excess of acetate ..."
4. A Handbook of Therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1879)
"aloes. aloes has been used as a slight stimulant to wounds, and when thus employed it
... Ten grains of aloes thus employed produced five or six stools, ..."
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