embrocation
Americannoun
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the act of embrocating a bruised or diseased part of the body.
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the liquid used for this; a liniment or lotion.
noun
Etymology
Origin of embrocation
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The last sentence, applying a little irony to herself as if it were an embrocation, is what we should value most.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017
It is also used as an embrocation in articular rheumatism.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
She was anxious to get away from the question of the embrocation.
From A Safety Match by Ian Hay
Ordinary muscular strains generally yield to a good rubbing with an embrocation.
From Rowing by Rudolf Chambers Lehmann
"You may take your will of him after he has put some embrocation on your bruises," said I; and as I was speaking there came a timorous little knock at the door.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
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