deoppilation

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ oppilation.

Noun

deoppilation (countable and uncountable, plural deoppilations)

1. (obsolete) The removal of an obstruction.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     yet are the dissoluble parts extracted, whereby it becomes effectual in deoppilations, and therefore for speedier operation we make extinctions, infusions, and the like

References

• “deoppilation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.