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bed ectylotic adj 1736 -1864 removing warts or calluses Use this ectylotic bandage on your finger and you'll be cured in a week or two. jecorary adj 1684 -1684 of or relating to the liver The alcoholic's refusal to seek treatment caused him no end of jecorary trouble. mochlic n 1657 -1753 drastic purgative medicine This mochlic remedy is worse than the disease, but at least it will be over quickly. occaecation n 1608 -1691 the act of blinding After his occaecation, he was unable to enjoy simple pleasures such as reading. panchymagogue n 1657 -1893 medicine purging all the humours from the body What you need is a good panchymagogue to get you back on your feet! My sentence:  The patient had endured the ectylotic treatment without complaint but after the necessary occarcation became depressed. His continued illness required his physicians to prescribe jecorary and panchymagogie at which the patient declined and discharged himself. How did you use these words? nu303003 Source of lost words:  http://phrontistery.info/clw4.html      

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