apozem

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/ˈæpəzɛm/

noun

A decoction or infusion.

OriginLatin apozema ← Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα →
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Meanings

nounapozem (plural apozems)

plural apozems

  1. obsoletemedicineA decoction or infusion.

    a draught of her purging Apozem in the Morning

    1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀπόζεμα“to extract by boiling”
  2. Latinapozema
  3. Englishapozem

From Latin apozema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα (apózema, “to extract by boiling”), from the root ζέω (zéō, “to boil, seethe”), q. v.

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Translations

Portuguese apózema
  • apózemaa medicinal decoction or infusion
Spanish pócima, apócima
  • pócimaa medicinal decoction or infusion
  • apócimaa medicinal decoction or infusion
  • apócemaa medicinal decoction or infusion
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