magdaleon

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noun

A medical item in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.

OriginAncient Greek μαγδαλιά →
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Meanings

nounmagdaleon (plural magdaleons)

plural magdaleons

  1. obsoleteA medical item in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.

    Applying the magdaleon or roale unto the Needle it would both stir and attract it.

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμαγδαλιά“inside of a loaf of bread (on which the Greeks wiped their hands at dinner)”
  2. Englishmagdaleon

According to Webster from Ancient Greek μαγδαλιά (magdaliá, “inside of a loaf of bread (on which the Greeks wiped their hands at dinner)”), from μάσσω (mássō, “wipe; kneed”).

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Anagrams

Magdaleno
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APA

magdaleon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magdaleon

MLA

“magdaleon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magdaleon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magdaleon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magdaleon.

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