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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Sinonia

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A white joint-associated substance described as glue.

In the book. The English term glue helps convey the account of consistency and binding.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.

Historical Definition

Sinonia is the white glue of the joints.

Meaning

The descriptive phrase combines color, bodily location and a comparison with glue. It should be read as a historical material gloss, without assuming that the compiler has isolated one modern anatomical substance.

Use in the Book

The English term glue helps convey the account of consistency and binding. It does not by itself supply a modern analysis of the material’s composition.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sinonia; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370

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About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.