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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA bodily place identified through expulsion.
- In the bookExcrementa supplies that general account of ejected superfluities.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348.
Historical definition
Emunctorium is the place from which an excrement is expelled.
Meaning
The definition names a place through its function. Excrement is used in the dictionary’s broader sense of superfluous matter ejected by Nature, rather than being confined here to one familiar bodily product. The entry does not identify a particular organ or outlet.
Use in the book
Excrementa supplies that general account of ejected superfluities. Anodus instead names what is separated from nutriment by the kidneys. The distinction helps separate a place of expulsion from a particular separated material. Emunctorium itself should remain a locational term.
Places to read
- EmunctoriumRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- AnodusA bodily product defined through renal separation.
- ExcrementaSuperfluities described through expulsion by Nature.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 20; facsimile PDF page 348 — Facsimile