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Tetrapharmacum

{

Tetˊra-phar′ma-com

,

Tetˊra-phar′ma-cum

}
,
Noun.
[NL.
tetrapharmacon
, L.
tetrapharmacum
, Gr. [GREEK];
τέτρα-
(see
Tetra-
) + [GREEK] a drug.]
(Med.)
A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
Brande & C.

Definition 2024


tetrapharmacum

tetrapharmacum

English

Noun

tetrapharmacum (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
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Latin

Noun

tētrapharmacum n (genitive tētrapharmacī); second declension

  1. A substance composed of four ingredients

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tētrapharmacum tētrapharmaca
genitive tētrapharmacī tētrapharmacōrum
dative tētrapharmacō tētrapharmacīs
accusative tētrapharmacum tētrapharmaca
ablative tētrapharmacō tētrapharmacīs
vocative tētrapharmacum tētrapharmaca

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