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Webster 1913 Edition
Apophlegmatism
Apˊo-phleg′ma-tism
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], Galen.]
1.
(Med.)
The action of apophlegmatics.
2.
An apophlegmatic.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apophlegmatism
APOPHLEG'MATISM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
apophlegmatism
apophlegmatism
English
Noun
apophlegmatism (plural apophlegmatisms)
- (obsolete) The action of apophlegmatics.
- (obsolete) An apophlegmatic medicine.
- 1620, Francis Bacon, “Natural History”, in The Works of Francis Bacon, vol. III, 1730 edition:
- ...and so it is in apophlegmatisms and gargarisms, that draw the rheum down by the palate
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