detersion noun.
[dɪ'tǝ:ʃ(ǝ)n] Now
rare.
E17.[Late Latin detersio(n-), from deters- pa. ppl stem of detergere: see DETERGE, -ION.]The action or an act of cleansing (formerly esp.
Medicine, of pus or other morbid matter).
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