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Tenuis   Listen
noun
Tenuis  n.  (pl. tenues)  (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes kappa, pi, tau; so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, gamma, beta, delta, and their aspirates, chi, phi, theta. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... think of the course of the blood by the desire of explaining the manner in which the animal spirits were supposed to be generated:— "Vitalis spiritus in sinistro cordis ventriculo suam originem habet, juvantibus maxime pulmonibus ad ipsius perfectionem. Est spiritus tenuis, caloris vi elaboratus, flavo colore, ignea potentia, ut sit quasi ex puriore sanguine lucens, vapor substantiam continens aquae, aeris, et ignis. Generatur ex facta in pulmone commixtione inspirati aeris cum elaborato subtili sanguine, quem dexter ...
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