Fwd: galenical: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

*Peguele una miradita a:*
*http://neacolombia.blogspot.com*

https://www.facebook.com/pages/NEAcolombia-para-la-localidad-de-KENNEDY/161693770562557

http://www.youtube.com/user/hectorpinillos?feature=mhee

Hector William Pinillos Gomez about.me/hectorpinillos

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dictionary.com <doctor@dictionary.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:05 AM
Subject: galenical: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
To: hectorpinillos@gmail.com

Apr. 10, 2015

galenical \gey-LEN-i-kuhl, guh-\ noun 1. an herb or other vegetable drug, distinguished from a mineral or chemical drug. 2. a crude drug, tincture, or decoction, distinguished from a preparation that has been refined. Quotes It wasn't his, in the sense that he carried it about full of rectangular bottles and lovely nook felt-lined compartments for pills and Galenical 'simples', as his preparations were called. -- Jonathan Gash, The Judas Pair, 1977 Origin Galenical is an eponym based on the Greek physician and writer, Galen of Pergamum. It entered English in the mid-1600s.

Dictionary.com Slideshows Shakespeare's Unconventional Conventions   What's a Calque? 9 Loan Translations in English   10 Words Coined in the Sci-Fi Universe   Grab Your Handlebars and Check out these Cycling Words!   More From Dictionary.com Submit a favorite word for a chance to win! Submit your favorite word to be a future Word of the Day Our iPhone App Our award-winning iPhone app just got better Word Dynamo Dictionary.com's new word game for iOS

Follow Dictionary.com on Facebook About Contact

You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: hectorpinillos@gmail.com Subscriber since: March 10, 2014 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription