gargarism

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  1. In medicine, a gargle; any liquid preparation used to wash the mouth and throat in order to cure inflammation or ulcers, etc. The use of the juice drawne out of roses is good for …gargarisms, etc. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxi. 19. They were sent home again with such a scholastical burre in their throats as hath stopt and hinderd all true and generous philosophy from entring, crackt their voices for ever with metaphysical gargarisms. Milton, Church-Government, II., Con.

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  1. from Late Latin gargarisma, from LGr. γαργάρισμα, from Greek γαργαρίζειν, gargarize: see gargarize.
 

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