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Webster 1913 Edition

Inunction

In-unc′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
inunctio
, fr.
inungere
,
inunctum
, to anoint. See 1st
In-
, and
Unction
.]
The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically
(Med.)
, the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inunction

INUNC'TION

,
Noun.
[L. inunctus, inungo; in and ungo, to anoint.]
The action of anointing; unction.

Definition 2024

inunction

inunction

English

Noun

inunction ‎(plural inunctions)

  1. The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.3.i:
      Besides these fomentations, irrigations, inunctions, odoraments, prescribed for the head, there must be the like used for the liver, spleen, stomach, hyperchondries, etc.

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Etymology

From Latin inunctio, from inunctus, past participle of inungo ‎(“anoint”), from in- + ungo ‎(“anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- ‎(“anoint”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈʌŋkʃən/

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