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单词 abstersion
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Definition of abstersion in English:

abstersion

(also abstertion)
noun əbˈstəːʃn
rare, archaic
  • 1The act or process of wiping clean, cleansing, scouring, or purging. Also concrete: †an abstersive agent (obsolete).

  • 2Figurative and in figurative contexts.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From Middle French, French abstersion and its etymon post-classical Latin abstersion-, abstersio action of wiping away from classical Latin absters-, past participial stem of abstergēre + -iō.

 
 

Definition of abstersion in US English:

abstersion

(also abstertion)
nounəbˈstəːʃn
rare, archaic
  • 1The act or process of wiping clean, cleansing, scouring, or purging. Also concrete: †an abstersive agent (obsolete).

  • 2Figurative and in figurative contexts.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From Middle French, French abstersion and its etymon post-classical Latin abstersion-, abstersio action of wiping away from classical Latin absters-, past participial stem of abstergēre + -iō.

 
 
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