salvatella
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin salvatella, misread from salacella, misread from salaseilem, misread from alaseilem, from Arabic الْأُسَيْلِم (al-ʔusaylim).
Noun
[edit]salvatella (plural salvatellae)
- The dorsal vein of the little finger, bleeding from which was anciently held to be a treatment for melancholy.
References
[edit]- Hyrtl, Joseph (1879) Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie[1] (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 210–211