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Definition of Fango
1. Noun. Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fango
1. a medicinal mud from thermal springs [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fango
1. Mud from the Battaglio thermal springs in Italy, applied externally in the treatment of rheumatism and other diseases of the joints and muscles. Origin: It. Mud (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fango
Literary usage of Fango
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1901)
"of these particles forming the fango are craters at the bottom of the water ...
fango is a grayish-brown material, smooth as putty, with no distinctive odor ..."
2. A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages: Based Upon that of by Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, Guglielmo Comelati (1854)
"To fall into the —, cader ne¡ fango. — cart, carro pel fango, m. — fish, (t.
d'Ict.) lima, {. ... To Mud, va \.coprir di fango : Z.imme'i- I gère nel fango ..."
3. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1910)
"There are, however, many electrical applications in the institute, such as electric
light cabinets, Showing Interior of Electric Bath Cabinet Used the fango ..."
4. Hydrotherapy: Its Application to Special Affections, the Technic Or by Guy Hinsdale (1910)
"HUD BATHS AND fango PACKS These are applied for rheumatism, gout, arthritis
deformans, and the neuralgias. They act principally through the heat applied, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1865)
"One of the bottles containing these muds was ticketed fango di ... My analysis
of these muds gives them the following composition :— fango di ..."
6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"It was, therefore, interesting for me to submit them to a careful examination.
One of the bottles containing the specimens was ticketed fango del ..."
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