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hermetical (adjective), more hermetical, most hermetical
1. Made perfectly close or airtight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape: The chemist, Mr. Black, developed an hermetical seal for his chemical studies.
2. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of a philosophy that seals against exposure to air or fluids: The hermetical research was used as a remedy, of an alkali, and an acid; as in, hermetical medicine.
3. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus: Historical hermetical philosophy is described as being alchemical or chemical in content.
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