English Explanatory Dictionary

magdaleon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medicine in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.

Word forms

magdaleon magdaleons

Etymology

According to Webster from Ancient Greek μαγδαλιά (magdaliá, “inside of a loaf of bread (on which the Greeks wiped their hands at dinner)”), from μάσσω (mássō, “wipe; kneed”).

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