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emu·nc·to·ries
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emunctoriesnoun
Plural form of emunctory.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Emunctoriesnoun
Those parts of the body where any thing excrementitious is separated and collected, to be in readiness for ejectment. John Quincy
Etymology: emunctorium, Latin.
Superfluous matter deflows from the body unto their proper emunctories. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii. c. 4.
There are receptacles in the body of man, and emunctories to drain them of superfluous choler. Henry More, against Atheism.
Discoursing of the lungs, I shew that they are the grand emunctory of the body; that the main end of respiration is continually to discharge and expel an excrementitious fluid out of the mass of blood. John Woodward, Natural History.
The regimen in quinsies, which proceed from an obstruction of the glands, must be to use such warm liquors as relax those glands, such as, by stimulating, open the emunctories to secern the humour. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.
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Emunctories
of Emunctory
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of emunctories in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of emunctories in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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