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emunctory, a. and n. Phys.|ɪˈmʌŋktərɪ|
[ad. mod.L. ēmunctōri-us excretory, ēmunctōr-ium a means of cleansing by excretion (in classical L. used for ‘a pair of snuffers’), f. ēmungĕre: see prec.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to the blowing of the nose.
b. That has the function of conveying waste matters from the body.
1547Boorde Brev. Health ccxliv. 83 The nosethrylles be the emunctorye places of the brayne. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Musk, It apparently filtrates thro' the emunctory Glands. 1858Polson Law & L. 160 He found a sufficient substitute in his emunctory powers. 1864E. B. Eastwick Resid. Persia I. 11 There was nothing but coughing, sternutation and emunctory movements for the next half hour.
B. n. ‘A cleansing organ or canal; a term applied to the excretory ducts and organs of the body’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.) Also fig.
[1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. Gloss., Emunctoria ben the clensyng places, as the flanckes, the armeholes, etc.] 1601Holland Pliny Gloss., Emunctories be those kernelly places in the body, by which the principall and noble parts doe void their superfluities. 1651Biggs New Disp. 172 ⁋234 God hath ordained sufficient Emunctories for any filth whatsoever. 1767Sterne Tr. Shandy ix. xx, Blow your noses,—cleanse your emunctories,—sneeze, my good people. 1821New Monthly Mag. I. 440 The nose is the emunctory of the brain. 1854Bushnan in Circ. Sc. II. 21/2 A third great emunctory has to be added; namely, the kidney. |