Ablude

/æbˈlud/ verb

To wash away or cleanse; to remove by washing (archaic or technical).

From Latin 'abluere' (to wash away), combining 'ab-' (away) + 'luere' (to wash). The term entered English medical and technical vocabulary in the 16th-17th centuries but fell out of common use.

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