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View synonyms for embrocation

embrocation

[ em-broh-key-shuhn, -bruh- ]

noun

  1. the act of embrocating a bruised or diseased part of the body.
  2. the liquid used for this; a liniment or lotion.


embrocation

/ ˌɛmbrəʊˈkeɪʃən /

noun

  1. a drug or agent for rubbing into the skin; liniment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embrocation1

1400–50; late Middle English. See embrocate, -ion
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Example Sentences

The last sentence, applying a little irony to herself as if it were an embrocation, is what we should value most.

One amusing account of whisky’s origin holds that it was invented by the Irish as an embrocation for sick mules.

An Embrocation.—An embrocation is made after this manner:—Px.

They're much as usual, except that I had to pay two bob on Wednesday for a bottle of embrocation for Ally.

It is usually sufficient to employ embrocations or stupes of equal parts of sweet oil and oil of turpentine, or of camphor liniment.

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