detersion (deters hon)

[= F. détersion = Sp. detersion = Pg. detersão, I endeavoured detersion : but the matter could not be discharged. Wiseman , Surgery. detersive (de-ter's iv), a . and n. [= F. détersif = Sp. Pg. It. detersivo , detersivus , detergere : see deterge .] I. a. Cleansing; detergent. detersive The ashes. are so acrimonious that they make a lye extreamly detersive. Plutarch's Morals (trans.), iii. 319 (Ord MS.). II. n. A medicine which cleanses. Painful sordid ulcers, if not timely relieved by deter sives and lenients. Wiseman , Surgery. detersively (dē-ter's iv-li), adv. In a detersive manner.