See Also: apostematous(medicine)

passional (iou) and apostematous (medicine)


passional (iou)



passional adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin passionalis, from passio(n-): see PASSION noun, -AL1.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to passion; inspired or characterized by passion. LME.
M. Innes The original murder..seemed to be a passional crime; one..of revenge or retribution.
b. noun.
gen. A story of suffering. rare. Only in L15.
spec. A book containing accounts of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their feast days. Cf. PASSIONARY. M17.

apostematous (medicine)


apostematous


Pertaining to, or partaking of the Nature of, an aposteme.

Source: Websters Dictionary