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| e·lec·tu·ar·y [ i lékchoo èrree ] (plural e·lec·tu·ar·ies) |
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sweet-tasting medicinal paste: a sweet-tasting paste made by mixing a drug with syrup or honey, administered by being applied to the teeth, tongue, or gums
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| [14th century. < late Latin electuarium, probably < Greek eleikton< eleikhein "lick up"] |
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