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Retrocession   Listen
noun
Retrocession  n.  
1.
The act of retroceding.
2.
The state of being retroceded, or granted back.
3.
(Med.) Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.





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"Retrocession" Quotes from Famous Books



... archaic claims of Spain to the shores of the Northern Pacific gained for his people the future colony of British Columbia. Cherishing a belief in the pacific nature of Bonaparte's policy at the time of the Treaty of Amiens, he condoned the retrocession of the Cape of Good Hope and of Malta, on condition of the gain of Ceylon and Trinidad; but after the revival of French schemes of aggression in the East he saw the imperative need of planting or maintaining the Union Jack at those commanding points. He, ...
— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose
... compress on the throat. Fats and oils rubbed on hands and feet. The temperature of the room should be about 68 degrees Fahr., and all draughts avoided. Mustard baths for retrocession of the rash and to bring it out. Diet: ripe fruit, toast, gruel, beef, tea and milk. Stimulants are useful to counteract depression of ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols


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