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embrocation

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • 1684, uncredited translator, Observations on the Mineral Waters of France, made in the Royal Academy of the Sciences by Samuel Du Clos, London: Henry Faithorne and John Kersey, “Advertisements and Corollaries,” p. 121, The Observations of the Effects of these Waters on Persons who use them in Drinking, Bathing, Pumping, Washing, Embrocation, &c. are reserv’d for the Physicians, whose Duty it is to know the Particular Constitutions of those Persons, and the State of their Health Declining or Improving.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: liniment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lotion, application

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: втриване (vtrivane) — to rub oil or spirit etc. onto a diseased parts
  • French: embrocation — to rub oil or spirit etc. onto a diseased parts
  • Russian: втира́ние ма́зи (vtiránije mázi) — to rub oil or spirit etc. onto a diseased parts
  • Russian: растира́ние (rastiránije) — to rub oil or spirit etc. onto a diseased parts
  • Russian: примо́чка (primóčka) — to rub oil or spirit etc. onto a diseased parts
  • Finnish: linimentti — liquid used as an embrocation
  • Russian: линиме́нт (linimént) — liquid used as an embrocation
  • Russian: жи́дкая ма́зь (žídkaja mázʹ) — liquid used as an embrocation
  • Russian: примо́чка (primóčka) — liquid used as an embrocation
  • Russian: расти́рка (rastírka) — liquid used as an embrocation