ACUMEN

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

(Lat.),n. n. ’me?n. Gen., acu’minis. From acuere, to sha i. Ger., Vorspitze. Sp.,acumen. A point, asting; à bonägmm inence, especially the tuberosity of the ischium. [Dev enter (A, 325).] In botany, a sharp-pointed prolongation. [B.] —A. nas i. The pinching or pointed contraction of the nose that precedes death. TA 312