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euchymy

/ˈjuːkəmi/

euchymy noun: a good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.

Noun

euchymy (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) A good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.
    • Euchymic, (Greek) a being ſupplied with good Juyce.[1696, Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words, page 155
    • Euchymy, (Gr.) is a good Temper of the Blood, other Juices or Fluids in an Animal Body.[1707, Glossographia Anglicana nova, page 191

Examples of euchymy in a sentence

  • To-day, filled with the glorious energy of a temporary euchymy and spiritual ecstasy, we cry, Eureka!1906 April 28, K. MacL., “Poetry”, in New York Times, page 278:
  • […] the design of drugs becomes a study of euchymy rather than chemotherapy.1957, Henry McIlwain, Chemotherapy and the Central Nervous System, page 289:
  • Euchred into euchymy; seeming, however, euchroite.1968, Nicholas Delbanco, Grasse, 3/23/66, page 67:

Origin of euchymy

From Ancient Greek εὐχυμία (eukhumía), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”). Attested in English from 17th century.

Questions about euchymy

What does euchymy mean?
Euchymy means a good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.
How do you use euchymy in a sentence?
To-day, filled with the glorious energy of a temporary euchymy and spiritual ecstasy, we cry, Eureka!
What part of speech is euchymy?
Euchymy is a noun.
How do you pronounce euchymy?
Euchymy is pronounced /ˈjuːkəmi/.

Words near euchymy in the dictionary

  1. euchromosomes
  2. euchrone
  3. euchronia
  4. euchronias
  5. euchrœa
  6. euchymy
  7. eucinetid
  8. eucinetids
  9. Euckenian
  10. Eucla
  11. euclase

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