| 释义 |
exfoliative, a. and n.|ɛksˈfəʊlɪətɪv|
[a. F. exfoliatif, -ive, f. exfolier, ad. L. exfoliāre: see exfoliate v. + -ive.]
A. adj. ‘Capable of causing, or favourable to, exfoliation’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1884).
1730–6Bailey (folio), Exfoliative Trepan, one proper to scrape, and at the same time to pierce a bone, and so to exfoliate or raise several leaves or flakes one after another. 1746Amyand in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 196 With the exfoliative Trepan, to make a fair Opening into the medullary Cavity of the Bone. 1875H. Walton Dis. Eye 494 Occasionally an exfoliative effort is seen on the surface of the eye.
B. n. Something which produces exfoliation.
1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. ii. vii. 185 Dress the Bone with the milder Exfoliatives, and keep the Ulcer open, till the burnt Bone cast off. |