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gamma toxin (medicine)


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revulsion (iou)



revulsion noun. M16.
[French revulsion or Latin revulsio(n-), from revuls- pa. ppl stem of revellere, formed as RE- + vellere pull: see -ION.]
Medicine. The drawing of blood from one part to another, as by counterirritation; lessening of a condition in one part of the body by irritation of another. Now rare. M16.
The action of drawing or the fact of being drawn back or away (lit. & fig.). Also, an instance of this. Now chiefly as passing into sense 3. E17.
P. Rycaut There..followed a Revulsion of the Forces from Dalmatia.
A sudden violent change of feeling; a strong reaction in taste; abhorrence, repugnance; a sense of loathing. E19.
H. James He had..a revulsion in Mamies's favour. G. Boddy For her fellow guests..she could feel only revulsion.
A sudden reaction or reversal in trade, fortune, etc. rare. E19.
W. S. Jevons A revulsion occasioned by a failure of..capital must cause..a collapse of credit.
revulsant noun (now rare) Medicine a revulsive, a counterirritant L19.
revulsionary adjective (rare) E19.
revulsive adjective & noun (now rare) Medicine (an agent) capable of producing or tending to produce revulsion E17.