oppilation
/ɒpɪˈleɪʃən/
oppilation noun: a stopping by redundant matter, i.e. an obstruction in organs, particularly in the lower intestines.
Noun
oppilation (plural oppilations)
- a stopping by redundant matter, i.e. an obstruction in organs, particularly in the lower intestines.
- If you vse to drinke the iuyce of Chiccorie, it openeth the oppilation of the liuer and milt caused of heate.1587, Peter Levens, A right profitable booke for all diseases
- these meagre, starved spirits, who have half stopt the organs of their minds with earthy oppilations, want not their favourers among your shrivell'd sallad-eating artizans1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page)
oppilation meaning in Tamil
oppilation in Tamil
- மலச்சிக்கல்
Forms of oppilation
| plural | oppilations |
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Origin of oppilation
Latin oppilatio: compare French opilation.
Words formed from oppilation
Questions about oppilation
- What does oppilation mean?
- Oppilation means a stopping by redundant matter, i.e. an obstruction in organs, particularly in the lower intestines.
- What is oppilation in Tamil?
- Oppilation in Tamil is மலச்சிக்கல். See Oppilation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oppilation?
- Oppilation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oppilation?
- Oppilation is pronounced /ɒpɪˈleɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of oppilation?
- The plural of oppilation is oppilations.
Words near oppilation in the dictionary
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