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(premodern medicine, obsolete) A body part where excess humors are expelled. / (obsolete) A place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

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purging place

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purging place

Noun

obsolete archaic

(premodern medicine, obsolete) A body part where excess humors are expelled. / (obsolete) A place where the body is purged of waste: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.

Japanese Meaning

（前近代医学で）余分な体液を排出するための体の部位 / （廃用）身体の排泄物を除去する場所、すなわち便所や仮設トイレ、または洗面所

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17世紀の医師たちは肝臓をしばしば排泄器官と呼び、体内の余分な体液を排出すると考えていた。

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(premodern medicine, obsolete) A body part where excess humors are expelled.

An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places [sc. Latin tribus emunctoriis], þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares.

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