Definition of unction

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Unction (n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction..

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Idioplasma :: Idioplasma (n.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See Hygroplasm..
Butcherly :: Butcherly (a.) Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.
Water Wing :: Water wing () One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current..
Animal :: Animal (a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions..
Command :: Command (v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
Symptom :: Symptom (n.) Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited..
Subjunction :: Subjunction (n.) Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined..
Automatical :: Automatical (a.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions..
Histonomy :: Histonomy (n.) The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc..
Functionless :: Functionless (a.) Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin..
Expunction :: Expunction (n.) The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
Unaneled :: Unaneled (a.) Not aneled; not having received extreme unction.
Compunctionless :: Compunctionless (a.) Without compunction.
Alimentation :: Alimentation (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
Junction :: "Junction (n.) The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths..
Diptera :: Diptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet..
Tissue :: Tissue (n.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue..
Conjunction :: Conjunction (n.) The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league..
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession..
Derange :: Derange (v. t.) To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism..
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