detersion

English

Etymology

Compare French détersion. See deterge.

Noun

detersion (usually uncountable, plural detersions)

  1. The act of deterging or cleansing.
    detersion of a wound

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for detersion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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