Crossword-Solution: URTICATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Urtication | n. | The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis. |
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| an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins | 1 answer |
| Stinging | 18 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
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greedy person
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Sentences with URTICATION (5)
The urtication of this shame made plays And sonnets, as you'll find behind all deeds That mount to greatness, anger, hate, disgust, But, better, love.
The stinging effect of the true Nettle is caused by an acrid secretion contained in minute vesicles at the base of each of the stiff hairs; and _urtication_, or flogging, with Nettles, is an old external remedy, which was long practised for chronic rheumatism, and loss of muscular power.
For sciatica, for incipient wasting, for the difficult breathing of some heart troubles (where such stimulation along the backbone affords more prompt and complete relief than any other treatment), for some coughs palsy, suppression of the monthly flow in women, rheumatism, and for lack of muscular energy, this urtication is said to be an invaluable resuscitating measure which has been successfully resorted to by the peasantry of Russia from time immemorial.
The employment of urtication is of great antiquity, for Celsus as well as Aretæus mentions the use of it, it being in those times, a popular remedy.
This process has been found effectual in restoring _heat to the lower extremities_, and a case of obstinate lethargy was cured by Corvisart by a repeated urtication of the whole body.