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galingale(dictionary)

cophosis (iou) and galingale (medicine)


cophosis (iou)



cophosis noun. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
[Greek kophosis, from kophos deaf: cf. -OSIS.]
Medicine. Complete deafness.

galingale (medicine)


galingale
<botany> A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. "Meadow, set with slender galingale." (Tennyson)

See: Galangal.

Source: Websters Dictionary