apozem

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English

Etymology

From Latin apozema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα (apózema, to extract by boiling), from the root ζέω (zéō, to boil, seethe), q. v.

Pronunciation

Noun

apozem (plural apozems)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R Royston , and B Took, , →OCLC:
      a draught of her purging Apozem in the Morning

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References

apozem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.