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dilaceration|dɪ-, daɪˌlæsəˈreɪʃən|
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[a. F. dilacération (1419 in Hatzf.), ad. L. dīlacerātiōn-em, n. of action from dīlacerāre: see prec.]
1. The action of rending asunder or tearing (parts of the body, etc.); the condition of being torn or rent.
α1634T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. xi. i. (1678) 278 Wounds..by Gunshot..are accompanied with contusion, dilaceration, [etc.] 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xvi. 146 Conceiving a dilaceration of the..belly of the viper. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 396 Dilaceration of the nerveous Fibres. 1805B. Montagu tr. Bacon's Wisd. Ancients Wks. (Bohn 1860) 259 The riddles of Sphinx..have two conditions annexed..dilaceration to those who do not solve them, and empire to those that do. 1838New Monthly Mag. LIV. 403 His right-hand nails..threatened instant dilaceration.
fig.1545Joye Exp. Dan. xi. CC ij b, Many dilaceracions & divisions. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 731 His nobles..after his death making..a dilaceration of his monarchy. 1808Lamb Char. Dram. Writ., Ford Wks. 531/2 This dilaceration of the spirit and exenteration of the inmost mind.
β1624T. Scott Vox Cœli 58 God himselfe hath..Confirmed the breach and delaceration of the [Spanish] Match. 1727Bailey vol. II, Delaceration, a tearing in pieces. 1755in Johnson. 1883in Syd. Soc. Lex., Delaceration.
2. spec. In Dental Surgery, used ‘to describe a condition of tooth resulting from displacement of the calcified portion from the tissues which are instrumental in its production, the development being continued after the normal position of the calcified part has been lost’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1859J. Tomes Dental Surg. 164 The crown and the fang being joined at an angle, presenting that peculiarity of conformation which has been denominated dilaceration. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 562 Dilaceration is due to a shifting of the forming tooth on its base. |