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CACHLEX

\kˈat͡ʃlɛks], \kˈat‍ʃlɛks], \k_ˈa_tʃ_l_ɛ_k_s]\

Definitions of CACHLEX

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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A small stone or pebble, found on the sea shore. One of these, when heated in the fire, and cooled in whey, communicates an astringency to the liquid, so that it was anciently esteemed to be useful in dysentery.-Galen.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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