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sagapenum |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sagapenum \Sag`a*pe"num\, n. [L. sagapenon sacopenium Gr ?: cf F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagap['e]num, Ar sikb[=i]naj, Per. sakb[=i]nah, sikb[=i]nah.] (Med.) A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of {Ferula}. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with --U. S. Disp.
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