Crossword-Solution: INUNCTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Inunction | n. | The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| application of an ointment to the skin, esp by rubbing | 1 answer |
| rubbing with oil | 1 answer |
| rubbing | 37 answers |
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Sentences with INUNCTION (5)
Bonet mentions death after the inunction of a mercurial ointment, and instances of distressing salivation from such medication are quite common.
The suppliants for aid had to submit to careful purification, to bathe in sea, river or spring, to fast for a prescribed time, to abjure wine and certain articles of diet, and they were only permitted to enter the temple when they were adequately prepared by cleansing, inunction and fumigation.
Pain caused by the stretching of the skin may be relieved by the inunction of the skin with cottonseed or cocoanut oil.
For a woman who is anemic or run down, it is well to follow the Turkish with the Roman bath, which is an inunction with almond oil or cocoa-butter.
Since the fats used in soap manufacture yield oleic acid, we will have a certain amount of mercuric oleates formed together with stearate and other salts, and for purposes of inunction these salts might be efficient.