ABLUTION

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

n. Gr., drévejes, Lat., ablutio (from abluere, to wash away). Fr., ablution, lavement. Ger., Abwaschung. It., abluzione. Sp., abluciôn. 1. (Rare) a lotion. 2, (Obs.) in chemistry, purification by infusing and washing.