Definition
A medicinal decoction or herbal preparation made by boiling ingredients in water, commonly used in ancient and medieval medicine.
Etymology
From Greek 'apozema,' derived from 'apozein' (to boil away or decoct), from 'apo-' (away) and 'zein' (to boil), literally describing the boiling-down process.
Kelly Says
An apozema was basically an ancient herbal tea, but apothecaries treated it like serious medicine—they'd boil down plants for hours, believing the longer you cooked it, the more powerful it became.
Translations
ARالعربية
أبوزما
a-bu-ze-ma
BNবাংলা
অপোজেমা
a-po-je-ma
CACatalà
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
CSČeština
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
DADansk
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
DEDeutsch
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
ELΕλληνικά
Αποζέμα
a-po-ze-ma
ESEspañol
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
FAفارسی
آپوزما
a-po-ze-ma
FISuomi
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
FRFrançais
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
HEעברית
אפוזמה
a-po-ze-ma
HIहिन्दी
अपोजेमा
a-po-je-ma
HUMagyar
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
IDBahasa Indonesia
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
ITItaliano
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
KMKM
អាពូសេម៉ា
a-a-po-se-ma
MSBahasa Melayu
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
MYမြန်မာ
အပိုဇမာ
a-po-ze-ma
NLNederlands
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
NONorsk
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
PLPolski
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
PTPortuguês
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
RORomână
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
RUРусский
Апозема
a-po-ze-ma
SVSvenska
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
SWKiswahili
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
TAதமிழ்
அப்போஜெமா
a-ppa-jo-je-ma
TEతెలుగు
అపోజేమా
a-po-je-ma
TRTürkçe
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma
UKУкраїнська
Апозема
a-po-ze-ma
VITiếng Việt
Apozema
a-po-ze-ma