IBN ESRA [PROPERLY ABRAHAM BEN MEIR IBN ESRA.]
\ˈa͡ɪbən ˈɛsɹə pɹˈɒpəli ˈe͡ɪbɹəhˌam bˈɛn mˈe͡əɹ ˈa͡ɪbən ˈɛsɹə], \ˈaɪbən ˈɛsɹə pɹˈɒpəli ˈeɪbɹəhˌam bˈɛn mˈeəɹ ˈaɪbən ˈɛsɹə], \ˈaɪ_b_ə_n ˈɛ_s_ɹ_ə__ p_ɹ_ˈɒ_p_ə_l_i_ ˈeɪ_b_ɹ_ə_h_ˌa_m b_ˈɛ_n m_ˈeə_ɹ ˈaɪ_b_ə_n ˈɛ_s_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of IBN ESRA [PROPERLY ABRAHAM BEN MEIR IBN ESRA.]
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A Jewish writer and scholar; born at Toledo, about 1092; died 1167. He traveled extensively, studying poetry, grammar, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy. He wrote a Hebrew grammar, was one of the earliest critics and commentators on the Bible, and composed hymns largely used in the Jewish liturgy.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].
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