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Milk vetch(medicine)
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anaesthetics, combined (medicine) and vetch (iou)


anaesthetics, combined (medicine)


anaesthetics, combined


The use of two or more chemicals simultaneously or sequentially to induce anaesthesia. The drugs need not be in the same dosage form.


vetch (iou)



vetch noun. Also (earlier) fetch. See also FITCH noun1. ME.
[Anglo-Norman veche = Old French vece (mod. vesce), from Latin vicia.]
The seed of any plant of the genus Vicia (see sense 2 below), esp. in ref. to its small size or insignificance. ME.
Any of various leguminous plants of the genus Vicia, typically climbing plants with tendrils and numerous pairs of opposite leaflets; spec. (more fully common vetch) V. sativa, which is sometimes grown for fodder (cf. TARE noun1 2b). Also, any of certain leguminous plants of Other genera. LME.
bitter-vetch, horseshoe-vetch, kidney vetch, milk-vetch, etc.
vetchy adjective (rare) composed of vetches; having many vetches: L16.