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postume (c.1240)

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The form posteme is a cross reference to the following entry:

postume (c.1240)

posteime,  posteme,  posteyme;  postune; 
pl postumus  
  FEW:  apostema 25,18b Gdf: GdfC: TL: posteme 7,1643 DEAF: DMF:  postume  TLF: OED:  postume n.  MED:  apostem(e (posteme)  DMLBS:

Anglo-Norman frequently uses this aphetic form of aposteme, which from the late fourteenth century also appears in English.

s.

pathol.med.large abscess or purulent swelling in any part of the body
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E si le posteme quiture dedenz, od vostre doi u od autre chose depesciez l'aposteme, que la quiture curge hors  A-N Med i 69.xvii
( MS: c.1325 )  A postume (l. Apostume?) : Item pur tut postumus, pernez le sulfre [...]  Five Med MSS 42.C161
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  pur dout de postume et d’autres mals  Sz Med1 135.9
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  Unquore s'il ad pubettes en sa plaie o festre o kancre, o ascune manere de postune eit [o] de clou  A-N Med ii 255
( MS: s.xv )  E de ceo poetz vus fere oygnement pur ameurer posteime  Five Med MSS 135.E214

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See also:

aposteme 
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