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Definition of Embrocation
1. Noun. A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain.
Definition of Embrocation
1. n. The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
Definition of Embrocation
1. Noun. The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. ¹
2. Noun. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embrocation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Embrocation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Embrocation
Literary usage of Embrocation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery, Reprinted by American Medical Association (1912)
"ROCHE'S embrocation Roche's embrocation is a nostrum and its exact composition
is not known. From published formulas it appears that it is prepared by ..."
2. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"... Sprains, tec., the expressed oil of nutmegs, diluted with soap liniment, forms
a very useful stimulating embrocation. 1436. ..."
3. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"embrocation, LYNCH'S. Prep. Steep alkanet root in sweet oil until the latter ...
embrocation OF SOAP. Soap liniment. The following is also a common form ..."
4. A Cyclopædia of Several Thousand Practical Reciepts: And Collateral by Arnold James Cooley (1846)
"A fluid medicine rubbed on any part of the body. embrocation, COMMON. ...
embrocation OF SOAP. Soap liniment. The following is also a common form : soft ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1829)
"The inventor of this embrocation has secured it by patent, ... Rub a desert
spoonful of this embrocation well in over the lower end of the breast-bone, ..."
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