Commistion
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Commixture. obsolete, uncountable
"Of muche aboundant ſuperfluous bloude contayned in the hole body: oꝛ of muche commiſtion of the melancholy humoꝛ ⁊ the bloude to gether / by the which the bloude is enfyꝛed and chawfed: and ſo diſtendeth openeth and ſetteth abꝛoade the vaynes whiche deſcende to the matrice."
Example
More examples"Of muche aboundant ſuperfluous bloude contayned in the hole body: oꝛ of muche commiſtion of the melancholy humoꝛ ⁊ the bloude to gether / by the which the bloude is enfyꝛed and chawfed: and ſo diſtendeth openeth and ſetteth abꝛoade the vaynes whiche deſcende to the matrice."
Etymology
From Middle English commistion, from Latin commistiō.
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