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  1. NLM Digital Collections - Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise account of the ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1848
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101515252
    ... from Sia and tpStiquv, 'to corrupt.' Corruption in gene- ral; more especially corruption of the foetus in utero.—Hippocr. Also, corruption of the blood in the stomach.—Galen. See Abortion. DIAPHYLACTIC, Prophylactic. ...