MINIM

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 33

n. Mi^n-i'm. From minimus (q. u). The unit of im- [A, 327.] Ger, empfindliche perial measure, being equivalent to jin of a fluid ounce (apotheSinnpflanze. A Brazilian species allied to M. pudic a. The bitter, caries1 measure) or 0'000059 of a litre. [B, 5 (a, 38).] astringent root is used in diarrhoea, and the nerb as a purgative [s. 786]