Definition of Spiritus

1. a spirit [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Spiritus

1. Synonym: spirit. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiritus

spiritualizes
spiritualizing
spirituall
spiritually
spiritualness
spiritualnesses
spirituals
spiritualties
spiritualty
spirituel
spirituelle
spirituosity
spirituous
spirituous liquor
spirituousness
spiritus (current term)
spiritus asper
spiritus aspers
spiritus lenis
spirity
spirketing
spirketings
spirling
spirlings
spiro-
spiro-annulated
spiro-index
spiro compound
spiro compounds
spiroacetal

Literary usage of Spiritus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"Ph. L.) Like the last in properties and dose. spiritus Mu. ... Cordial and carminative. Dose, f. gj to f. p;iv. spiritus ..."

2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"Generatio novi spiritus non fit nisi super ea quse sunt in gradu ad spiritum ... licet spiritus cas conficere non possit, tarnen (quod potest) cas ..."

3. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"See Methyl alcohol. Spirits of Wine. See Ethyl alcohol. spiritus ... spiritus Aurantii Compositus, USP Compound spirit of orange. spiritus ..."

4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1844)
"ON THE FORMATION OF HYDROCYANIC ACID IN THE PREPARATION OF spiritus . ... of Berlin was led to believe, that hydrocyanic acid was generated in the spiritus ..."

5. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Nec dubito, quin perceptio spiritus in animalibus vivis versus calorem et frigus sit adhuc longe ..."

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