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† semiˈcupium Obs.
Also erron. -ˈcubium; and anglicized semicupe.
[med.L., f. sēmi- semi- + cūpa tun.]
A bath in which only one's legs and hips are covered; a hip-bath.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. 1049 Bags, Fumigations, Semicupiums, Baths. 1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Semi-cupe, is a half Bath, up to the navel of the patient. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 58 Many Lithotomists immediately after the operation clap the Patient in a Semi⁓cupe. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Semicubium. 1785Garthshore in Med. Commun. II. 44 Fomentations, and the Semi⁓cupium..were of no avail. 1799Underwood Dis. Childhood (ed. 4) II. 255 Oily embrocations, a blister, leeches, and the semicupium were had recourse to. |