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repellent (iou) and dislocate (medicine)


repellent (iou)



repellent adjective & noun. Also repellant. M17.
[Latin repellent- pres. ppl stem of repellere: see REPEL, -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Of medicines or medical applications: having the effect of repressing an infection, eruption, etc. (Cf. REPEL verb 2c.) Now rare or obsolete. M17.
a. Having the power of repelling Other objects; characterized by repulsion. M18.
b. Impervious to moisture. E19.
c. Repelling or warding off attack. L19.
d. Causing certain insects not to settle or approach. L20.
Repelling by some disagreeable feature; distasteful, disgusting, repulsive. L18.
b. noun.
Medicine. An application serving to repress an infection, eruption, etc. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
A repelling power or influence. E19.
A substance that causes certain insects not to settle or approach. Freq. in insect repellent. E20.
repellence noun = repellency M18.
repellency noun the quality of being repellent; repelling power: M18.
repellently adverb L19.

dislocate (medicine)


dislocate


To luxate; to put out of joint.