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Webster 1913 Edition


Embrocate

Em′bro-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Embrocated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Embrocating
.]
[NL.
embrocatus
, p. p. of
embrocare
; cf. Gr. [GREEK] lotion, fomentation, fr. [GREEK] to foment; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] to wet.]
(Med.)
To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Embrocate

EM'BROCATE

,
Verb.
T.
[Gr. to moisten, to rain.]
In surgery and medicine, to moisten and rub a diseased part of the body, with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, &c., by means of a cloth or spunge.

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embrocate

embrocate

English

Verb

embrocate (third-person singular simple present embrocates, present participle embrocating, simple past and past participle embrocated)

  1. (medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

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