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reclination |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reclination \Rec`li*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]clinaison.] 1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined. 2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line --Brande & C. 3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one --Dunglison.
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