medicant

medicant

(ˈmɛdɪkənt)
n
a medicinal substance
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She discusses the key role of the Portuguese and Spanish merchants, as well as missionaries of the Society of Jesus and the Medicant Orders, followed by the Dutch and English merchants, in spreading the desire for this Asian material culture and creating demand, as well as the commercial networks for the circulation of these goods and the ways they were acquired, used, and appreciated in Europe and the New World, detailing how they changed the everyday life and social customs of the royalty, high-ranking nobility, clergy, and affluent merchant class, and showing that goods made to order led to the creation of hybrid manufactured goods in China and Japan.
Together with "The Hibernian Medicant", "Bath Coach Conversation" and "The Irish Incognito"; "Little Dominick" is one of the four chapter-length prose national allegories in Irish Bulls, where the Edgeworths weaken the political allegory by introducing a Catholic child's experiences in a boarding school, based on those of Richard Lovell Edgeworth himself (Butler 1999-2003: 327-328, vol.
Another popular bath-added medicant is oatmeal; you can buy a commercial oatmeal preparation (Aveeno), or make your own by wrapping about a half cup of uncooked rolled oats in a piece of cloth and letting the cereal soak in the bath water.
Chapman had by Lindsay's time already become a mythic medicant figure walking barefoot and unarmed through the forests of America often clothed in only an old sack.
Heating the product, to speed up the drying procedure, is not an option as the medicant in the product would evaporate, altering its taste and potency.
The test substances (10 ml) were added into sterile 20 x 75 mm glass test tubes (medicant tubes) and then placed into a 20 [degrees] C water bath.
"There has been a resurgence in the entire market for medicant appetite suppressants."
Clonidine, [[alpha].sub.2] adrenergic agonist has been used by anesthesiologists as a pre medicant since many years.
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The futuristic society I describe features "Medicants" who wear devices to help them with social interactions, and to filter distracting stimuli.
In addition, molasses is of value in reducing dust, aiding pellet quality, serving as a vehicle for feeding medicants or other additives, and as a component of mixed liquid supplements.