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Deliquium definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DELIQUIUM, n.
1. In chimistry, a melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place.
2. A liquid state; as, a salt falls into a deliquium.
3. In medicine, a swooning or fainting; called also syncope.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain [syn: faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deliquium De*liq"ui*um, n. [L. See Deliquiate.] 1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]