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magdaleon

magdaleon noun: a medical item in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.

Noun

magdaleon (plural magdaleons)

  1. (obsolete) A medical item in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.
    • Applying the magdaleon or roale unto the Needle it would both stir and attract it.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC

Forms of magdaleon

pluralmagdaleons

Origin of magdaleon

According to Webster from Ancient Greek μαγδαλιά (magdaliá, “inside of a loaf of bread (on which the Greeks wiped their hands at dinner)”), from μάσσω (mássō, “wipe; kneed”).

Questions about magdaleon

What does magdaleon mean?
Magdaleon means a medical item in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.
What part of speech is magdaleon?
Magdaleon is a noun.
What is the plural of magdaleon?
The plural of magdaleon is magdaleons.

Words near magdaleon in the dictionary

  1. Magdalenite
  2. Magdalenites
  3. Magdaleno
  4. Magdalenos
  5. Magdalens
  6. magdaleon
  7. magdaleons
  8. Magdalin
  9. Magdeburg
  10. Magdeburg hemisphere
  11. Magdeburg hemispheres

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