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† ˈmirach Obs.
Forms: 5–6 mirac, 6 myrac, myracke, 6–7 mirach(e, 7 myrach(e.
[med.L., a. Arab. marāqq pl., ‘the thin or tender parts of the belly’ (Lane), f. root raqqa to be thin or weak.]
A name for the abdomen.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 169 Alle þese þingis þanne ben comprehendid in a skyn þat is fleischi & of lacertis maad, & is clepid mirac, & is clepid þe vttere wombe. 1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. C iij b, These ventosities gether to gyther betwene the places of the bealye called mirac. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. H ij, Of howe many and what & howe many partes is the myrac composed. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. iii. ii. ii. (1651) 200 If from the myrache, a swelling and wind in the Hypocondries. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2). |