embaphium

‖ embaphium Med. Obs.

(ɛmˈbæfɪəm)

[mod.L., ad. Gr. ἐµβάϕιον, f. ἐµβάπτειν to dip in.]

A small vessel in which food or medicine is put or measured, or in which it is dipped.

in Kersey. in Syd. Soc. Lex.