stillicidiumn.
/stɪlɪˈsɪdɪəm/ 1. Civil Law. = stillicide n.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > right relating to dropping of rain-water
stillicide1656
stillicidium1727
stillatory1777
water drop1818
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Stillicidium, the Droppings of the Eaves of an House.
1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. ix. 309.
1892 K. Gould tr. L. von Kobell Conversat. Dr. Döllinger i. 5 The stillicidia of the Romans..did not interest me in the least.
2. Pathology. A morbid dropping or trickling.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > dropping or trickling
stillicidium1791
1791 G. Wallis Motherby's New Med. Dict. (ed. 3) at Vagina They [polypous tumours in the vagina] are attended with perpetual stillicidium from the vagina.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 373 A constant stillicidium of semen.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 94 Stillicidium and catarrh of the lachrymal ducts.
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