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revulsion

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re⋅vul⋅sion

  [ri-vuhl-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
2. a sudden and violent change of feeling or response in sentiment, taste, etc.
3. the act of drawing something back or away.
4. the fact of being so drawn.
5. Medicine/Medical. the diminution of morbid action in one part of the body by irritation in another.
Origin:
1535–45; < L revulsiōn- (s. of revulsiō) a tearing away, equiv. to revuls(us) (ptp. of revellere to tear away, equiv. to re- re- + vellere to pluck) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
re⋅vul⋅sion⋅ar⋅y, adjective

Synonyms:
1. disgust, repulsion, loathing, aversion.
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re·vul·sion   (rĭ-vŭl'shən)   
n.  

  1. A sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.

  2. A withdrawing or turning away from something.

  3. Medicine Counterirritation used to reduce inflammation or increase the blood supply to the affected area.


[Latin revulsiō, revulsiōn-, from revulsus, past participle of revellere, to tear back : re-, re- + vellere, to tear.]
re·vul'sive adj.
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Word Origin & History

revulsion 
1541, as a medical term, from L. revulsionem (nom. revulsio) "act of pulling away," from revulsus, pp. of revellere "to pull away," from re- "away" + vellere "to tear, pull." The meaning "sudden reaction of disgust" is first attested 1816.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·vul·sion
Pronunciation: ri-'v&l-sh&n
Function: noun
: alleviation of a localized disease by treatment (as withcounterirritants) of an adjacent region
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Medical Dictionary

revulsion re·vul·sion (rĭ-vŭl'shən)
n.

  1. A sudden, strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.

  2. Counterirritation used to reduce inflammation or increase the blood supply to an affected area.

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