See Also: embrocation(medicine)
embrocation(dictionary)

nitrosyl (iou) and embrocation (iou)


nitrosyl (iou)



nitrosyl noun. Also nitrosyle. M19.
[from NITROSO- + -YL.]
Chemistry. The radical NO; the cation NO+. Usu. in comb.

embrocation (iou)



embrocation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or medieval Latin embrocatio(n-), from embrocat- pa. ppl stem of embrocare, from late Latin embroc(h)a from Greek embrokhe lotion: see -ATION.]
The bathing of a diseased or painful part of the body. LME-M17.
A liquid applied to a diseased or painful part of the body, now usu. by rubbing; a liniment. LME.