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tecoacualiztli.

Headword: 
tecoacualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a snakebite
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 80v, Sahagún, Bernardino de. Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain. Transcribed and translated with notes by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble. 2nd rev. ed. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research / University of Utah Press, 1950–82. Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/80v Accessed 31 October 2025.

Orthographic Variants: 
tecooaqualiztli
Attestations from sources in English: 

The source cited above shows two men, one lying on a petlatl (petate). He has been bitten by a snake (the chiyahuitl rattlesnake), and the other man is trying to treat his snakebite. The text describes the treatment, which includes cutting through the bite many times, sucking out the venom, etc. (SW)

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
See also: 
coatl.
chiyahuitl.
cua.