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Webster 1913 Edition


Taxis

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Tax′is

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
τάξισ
a division or arrangement, fr.
τάσσειν
to arrange.]
1.
(Surg.)
Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.
Dunglison.