EDULCORATION
\ˌɛdəlkəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɛdəlkəɹˈeɪʃən], \ˌɛ_d_ə_l_k_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EDULCORATION
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An operation, the object of which is to deprive a substance of its acrid and disagreeable taste, or at least to disguise it. Also, the addition of a saccharine substance to a medicine, whose taste it is desirable to modify agreeably.
By Robley Dunglison
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