apozem

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Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

apozem (plural apozems)

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

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References[edit]

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