† deoppilatev.
/diːˈɒpɪleɪt/ Medicine. Obsolete.
transitive. To free from obstruction; absol. to remove obstructions.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > clear of obstruction
opena1398
disoppilate1577
disobstruct1611
deoppilate1620
deobstruct1653
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 134 It..deoppilateth or vnstoppeth the veines.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 214 For Raisins of the Sun..deoppilate more than Malaga.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 421 Aperitives ought to..deoppilate the Interstices.
Derivatives
deˈoppilant adj. that removes obstructions.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [adjective] > clearing obstruction
deoppilative1625
deobstructive1698
deobstructing1702
deobstruent1718
deoppilant1854
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > decongestant or deobstructive
deoppilative1625
deobstructive1698
deobstructing1702
deobstruent1718
deoppilant1854
decongestive1903
decongestant1950
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 264 Aperient, deobstruent, deoppilant; applied to medicines.
deoppiˈlation n. the removal of obstructions.
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deoppilation1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxii. 165 It becomes effectuall in deopilations . View more context for this quotation
1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) 89 To produce that salutary deopilation of the spleen which the French hold to be so serviceable to the health of sedentary gentlemen.
deˈoppilative adj. and n. (a) adj. tending to remove obstructions, deobstruent; (b) n. a medicine or drug having this quality.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [adjective] > clearing obstruction
deoppilative1625
deobstructive1698
deobstructing1702
deobstruent1718
deoppilant1854
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > deobstruent
deoppilative1625
deobstruenta1691
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > decongestant or deobstructive
deoppilative1625
deobstructive1698
deobstructing1702
deobstruent1718
deoppilant1854
decongestive1903
decongestant1950
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 31 Cordiall and deoppilatiue medicines.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 313 An excellent deoppilative.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 162 It is an universal Digestive and Deoppilative.
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