apozem

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæpəzɛm/

Noun

apozem (plural apozems)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
      a draught of her purging Apozem in the Morning

Translations

References

apozem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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