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DIACOPRAEGIA

\dˈa͡ɪəkˌɒpɹiːd͡ʒə], \dˈa‍ɪəkˌɒpɹiːd‍ʒə], \d_ˈaɪ_ə_k_ˌɒ_p_ɹ_iː_dʒ_ə]\

Definitions of DIACOPRAEGIA

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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from 'excrement,' and 'a goat.' A name given, in Blancards Lexicon, to a medicine, composed of goats dung, which the ancients praised in diseases of the spleen, parotids, &c.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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