Med. Obs. or arch. Also 7 apozume, 7–8 apozeme. [a. Fr. apozème, ad. late L. apozema, a. Gr. ἀπόζεμα, n. of result f. ἀποζέ-ειν, f. ἀπό off, (in comb.) completely + ζέ-ειν to boil.] A decoction or infusion.
1603. B. Jonson, Sejanus, I. i. Physic … More comforting Than all your opiates, juleps, apozems.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 65. Apozumes or preparing Broths.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., II. 43. I made use of an opening Apozeme for several days.
1753. Smollett, Ct. Fathom (1784), 19/2. [He] swallowed a whole dispensary of boluses, draughts, and apozems.
1880. M. B. Edwards, Forestalled, I. xiv. A remedy of his own, a decoction, an apozem, of wonderful narcotic power.
