Meanings
- not comparableSimilar to tea.
A warm theiform drink, taken from a quarter to three quarters of a litre at a dose, increases the pulse from six to twelve beats[…]
1832, London medical and surgical journal: Volume 1, page 6711 more example
All raw vegetable juices, all spices, all essences, all odours, all perfumes, all theiform infusions, all that can by any possibility be supposed to exercise the slightest influence over the organism[…]
1835, Thomas Roupell Everest, Amos Gerald Hull, A popular view of homoeopathy, page 60
Origin
- translingualThea“tea, the tea plant”
- Englishtheiform
translingual Thea (“tea, the tea plant”) + -form (compare French théiforme)
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