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" APORRHOEA  (APORRHO'EA)   n.s.[   emanation; something emitted by another. The reason of this he endeavours to make out by atomical aporrhœas, which passing from the cruentate weapon to the wound, and being incorporated with the particles of the salve, carry them to the affected part.Glanville’sScepsis,c. 24. "

Samuel Johnson , A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One


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Samuel Johnson quote : APORRHOEA  (APORRHO'EA)   n.s.[   emanation; something emitted by another. The reason of this he endeavours to make out by atomical aporrhœas, which passing from the cruentate weapon to the wound, and being incorporated with the particles of the salve, carry them to the affected part.Glanville’sScepsis,c. 24.