apozem

apozem

English

Etymology

From Latin apozema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόζεμα (apózema, “to extract by boiling”), from the root ζέω (zéō, “to boil, seethe”), q. v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæpəzɛm/

Noun

apozem (plural apozems)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A decoction or infusion.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises

     a draught of her purging Apozem in the Morning

Translations

a medicinal decoction or infusion

Portuguese: apózema m or f

References

apozem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913