embrocation
noun
embrocation is a noun meaning “The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-M-B-R-O-C-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of embrocation is embrocations.
What does embrocation mean?
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
- 2
The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of embrocation
- embrocations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is embrocation?
Embrocation appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Embrocation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to rub oil or spirit etc. onto a diseased parts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | embrocation |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.