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† aræˈotic, a. and n. Med. Obs. [ad. late L. aræōticus, a. Gr. ἀραιωτικός, f. ἀραιό-ειν to make thin: see -ic.] A. adj. Tending to make thin or reduce the fluids or humours of the body. B. n. [sc. medicine.]
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xxvi. xi. (1678) 636 The Aræotick [Medicins], which we may call weak Resolvers. 1815Encycl. Brit. (ed. 5) II. 531 Aræotics..rarefy the humours, and render them easy to be carried off by the pores. |