salvatella

Meaning

Noun

The dorsal vein of the little finger, bleeding from which was anciently held to be a treatment for melancholy.

Origin

From Medieval Latin salvatella, misread from salacella, misread from salaseilem, misread from alaseilem, from Arabic أسيلم.

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