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单词 masticatorium
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masticatoriumn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin masticatorium.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin masticatorium (a1350 in a British source) < masticat- (see masticate v.) + -orium -ory suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin masticatorius (that is) to be chewed (5th cent.) and masticatory n.
Obsolete.
A medicinal substance intended for chewing; = masticatory n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > other miscellaneous medicines > [noun] > medicines to be chewed
masticatorium?1550
masticatory1583
masticator1596
?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. f.iii Masticatorium is a confection whiche is held in the mouth & chewed to purge the head of flegme.
1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. Eiv Physicians with their..Masticator[i]um and Cataplasmata.
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 188 Masticatorium,..a Medicine which is..to provoke spitting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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