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What (who) is inunction - definition
inunction
[?'n??(k)?(?)n]
¦ noun chiefly Medicine the rubbing of ointment or oil into the skin.
Origin
C15: from L. inunctio(n-), from inunguere 'smear on'.
Inunction
·noun The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, ·etc., are absorbed.
