AXUNGIA

AXUNGIA, a kind of fat, the softest and moistest of any in the bodies of animals. See FAT. It is different from lard, which is a firm fat; and from suet leaf, or adeps, which is a kind of dry fat. The Latins distinguish fat into pinguedo, called also axungia; and adeps, or sebum; but many of our modern writers confound them. See PINGUEDO.

The Physicians make use of the axungia of the goose, the dog, the viper, and some others, especially that of man, which is of extraordinary service in the drawing and ripening of tumors, etc. See ATTRAHENT. See also VIPER, etc. The word is supposed to be formed, ab axe rotarum quae unguntur. Axungia of Glass, called also the gall, and salt of glass, is a scum taken from the top of the matter of glass before it be vitrified. See GLASS.

AXUNGIA