Associations to the word «Embrocation»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

EMBROCATION, noun. The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
EMBROCATION, noun. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Dictionary definition

EMBROCATION, noun. A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats