SABURRA
\sˈabʌɹə], \sˈabʌɹə], \s_ˈa_b_ʌ_ɹ_ə]\
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s[=a]-bur'ä, n. a foulness of the stomach.--adj. SABURR'AL.--n. SABURR[=A]'TION, sand-baking: the application of a hot sand-bath.
By Thomas Davidson
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This word signifies, by derivation, 'coarse sand, or ballast.' In its common acceptation, it means foulness of the stomach, as it is sometimes called ;-vitiated matters supposed to be retained and accumulated in the stomach-the result of imperfect digestion-and which have been sometimes considered as a morbid product of the mucous secretion of that organ, or of the biliary secretion; at others, as a residuum from alimentary substances badly digested. The Saburral state, Colluvies gastrica, Cruditates ventriculi, Gastrismus, (F.) Embarras gastrique, etat saburral, is an accumulation of saburrae in the stomach, (F.) Sabures gastrique, which the Humourists considered to be the cause of a number of diseases.
By Robley Dunglison
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