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Hydrargyrism (medicine) and regency (iou)


Hydrargyrism (medicine)


hydrargyrism
<medicine> A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism.

Source: Websters Dictionary


regency (iou)



regency noun & adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin regentia, from Latin regens, regent-: see REGENT noun, -ENCY.]
A. noun.
The position or office of ruler; Exercise of rule or authority; government, control. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
The office and jurisdiction of a regent or vicegerent; government by a regent. LME.
Gibbon Count Henry assumed the regency of the empire.
The office or function of a university regent. L15.
The governing body of certain (chiefly European) towns and Muslim states; a town or State under the control of such a body. obsolete exc. Hist. M17.
A body of people appointed to govern during the absence, minority, or incapacity of a monarch or hereditary ruler. Also gen., a group that manages or administers in the absence of a manager or leader. E18.
The period during which a regent governs; spec. (usu. Regency.) the period in France from 1715 to 1723 when Philip, Duke of Orleans, was regent, or in Britain from 1811 to 1820 when George, Prince of Wales, was regent. E18.
W. E. H. Lecky The moral tone..in France under the Regency.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Designating a style of architecture, clothing, furniture, etc., characteristic of the Regency of 1811-20 or, more widely, of the late 18th and early 19th cents. L18.
C. McCullough The Louis Quinze sofa and chairs, the Regency escritoire.