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单词 waterologer
释义 wateˈrologer Obs. rare.
[See water n. 18 b and -loger.]
A contemptuous term for one who diagnoses a disease by inspection of the patient's urine. So wateˈrology, the art of doing this.
1654Whitlock Zootom. 47 That Waterologer in Dr. Harts Anatomy of Urines, that sent his Patient word that he was sick of a blinde Ague.Ibid. 66, I shall insist somewhat on the Cheat of Waterologie (a word though new, yet easily to be understood, thanks to another Cheat that rhimeth to it) and therefore I shall use it still, to signifie this divining by Urines.1678Quacks Academy 6 You must either pretend to be Waterologers, or Ass-trologers, or Piss-prophets, or Starr-Wizards.1786R. Heathcote Sylva (1788) 239 A waterologer, poring mysteriously over an Urinal.
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