- NLM Digital Collections - Medical lexicon : a dictionary of medical science : containing a concise account of the ...Publication: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1848... 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. ...
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