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aq. bull.

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abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) boiling water.

Etymology

Origin of aq. bull.

From Latin aqua bulliēns

Example Sentences

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Digital. c. ʒiss ad aq. bull. ℥viii. cochl. ii. 4tis horis.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

Croci Angl. drachmam dimidiam, infunde per horam vase clauso in aq. bull. q. s. & dein unc. vi.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

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