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 Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

     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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.