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INSTILMENT

Dictionary entry overview: What does instilment mean?

• INSTILMENT (noun)
The noun INSTILMENT has 1 sense:

1. the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop

Familiarity information: INSTILMENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSTILMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

instillation; instillment; instilment

Hypernyms ("instilment" is a kind of...):

insertion; introduction; intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instilment"):

infusion ((medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force))

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