English Explanatory Dictionary

materia subtilis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ethereal substance once believed to fill spaces emptied of air (i.e. any vacuum) and to be capable of passing through solid objects.

Word forms

materia subtilis

Etymology

Latin

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