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elaboratory|ɪˈlæbərətərɪ|
[as if ad. L. *ēlabōrātōrium, f. ēlabōrāre to elaborate.]
1. A place where chemical operations are performed, or where medicines are compounded; = laboratory. Obs. exc. Hist.
1652Evelyn St. France Misc. (1805) 81 Every great person..pretends to his elaboratory and library. 1676Coles, Elaboratory..a (chymist's) workhouse or shop. 1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 258 Two Elaboratories; one for Chymical, and the other for Galenical Preparations. 1801Med. Jrnl. V. 200 Dr. Pearson's Lectures..will recommence in the Elaboratory. 1873M. Collins Sq. Silchester's I. v. 71 Parlour, bedroom, elaboratory, kitchen.
2. A natural apparatus for elaborating any product of vital action. (Formerly transf. from 1.)
1667Phil. Trans. II. 578 The Sanguification is performed in any one part of the Animal, as the peculiar Shop or Elaboratory of it. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. ix. 325 Obstruction of the passages, by which the Aliment passes to its elaboratories. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 86. 2/1 The Elaboratory of the Nervous Juice. 1845Florist's Jrnl. 11 The functions of leaves are to..act as elaboratories. |