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netextemaliztli.
Headword:
netextemaliztli.
Principal English Translation:
a remedy for colic
Attestations from sources in English:
Netextemaliztli: itlampa momacaz calcuechtli, achiton tequjxqujtl, oltica mopoloa chillo, moololoa vnmotlatlaxilia in jtlampa qujoaltepeoa in jtlaquaqual, in ixqujch yitic ca. = Colic: Flaked whitewash [and] a little saltpeter, with liquid rubber and chili, are worked to the consistency of potter's clay, into a suppository inserted into the rectum. It is expelled from the rectum. It eliminates all one's food which is within. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)