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opilatif

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Old French

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Etymology

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From the root of opilacion + -if.

Adjective

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opilatif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular opilative)

  1. (usually medicine) that causes blockage; oppilative
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      choses stiptiques et opilatives
      styptic and oppilative things