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retencion

retencion

See also: retención

Old French

Noun

retencion f ‎(oblique plural retencions, nominative singular retencion, nominative plural retencions)

retention (act of retaining)
- 1303, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 208 of this essay:
  nous faisons saignee en retencion de menstrus
  we do bloodletting in the case of retention of menses