Testa

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A headword locally identified with human skin.

In the book. The local identification is retained without substituting another object suggested by a familiar Latin or technical use.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373.

Historical Definition

Testa is the skin of the human body.

Meaning

The definition supplies a precise bodily subject. Whatever other uses the word may have elsewhere, this witness directs the reader to the skin of a person.

Use in the Book

The local identification is retained without substituting another object suggested by a familiar Latin or technical use. The entry is a finding aid for the dictionary’s own vocabulary.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 45; facsimile PDF page 373 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Testa; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 373