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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin retentio, retentionem.
Noun
retencion oblique singular, f (oblique plural retencions, nominative singular retencion, nominative plural retencions)
- retention (act of retaining)
1377, 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
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