ELECTION

n. E-le2k's hu3n. Gr., exAoyj}, <upe<rts. Lat., electio. Fr., election. Ger., Auserwdhlung. It., elezione. Sp., eleccidn. A choice or selection, as of remedies or of the point at which a limb is to be amputated, called the point of e. [A, 325 (a, 21).] [s. 670]