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salutiferous

[ sal-yuh-tif-er-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1530–40; < Latin salūtifer health-bearing ( salute, -i-, -fer ) + -ous

Lake Erie lies too far south, and is bordered by too many swamps to be included in the salutiferous group.'

But Pæon him not liable to death With unction smooth of salutiferous balms Heal'd soon.

Montpellier particularly, with its "gentle salutiferous air," attracted those suffering from the "national complaint."

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