Crossword clues for embrocation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embrocation \Em`bro*ca"tion\, n. [NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation.] (Med.)
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. 2 The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
WordNet
n. a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain [syn: liniment]
Usage examples of "embrocation".
In less than half an hour after his embrocations had been applied, she recovered the use of her tongue, opened her eyes, and having, in delirious exclamations, upbraided her perfidious lover, became quite sensible and composed, though she continued extremely low and dejected.
The embrocation was therefore changed for a plaster of powdered camphor, half an ounce of opium, and six drachms of confectio Damocritis.