Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAC'O-CHYM-Y
CAC-O-CHYM'IC, or CAC-O-CHYM'IC-ALCAC-OD-E'MON
CAC'O-CHYM-Y, n. [Gr. κακοχυμια, of κακος, ill, and χυμος, juice.]
A vicious state of the vital humors, especially of the blood, arising from a disorder of the secretions or excretions, or from contagion. – Encyc.
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