retencion
See also: retención
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin retentio, retentionem.
Noun
retencion f (oblique plural retencions, nominative singular retencion, nominative plural retencions)
- retention (act of retaining)
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 208 of this essay:
- nous faisons saignee en retencion de menstrus
- we do bloodletting in the case of retention of menses
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Related terms
- retenir