释义 |
ˈmorbous, a. Now rare. [ad. L. morbōsus: see morbose and -ous.] Causing disease; of or pertaining to disease, diseased.
1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. ii. xv. 130 When an inward disposition lurks in the body, and a morbous preparation, which such causes do stir up. 1682T. Gibson Anat. (1697) 100 In a morbous state it is often of several other colours. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xiv. 506 Nature..does sometimes purge out..the Morbous purulent Matter. 1922Joyce Ulysses 412 Organisms in which morbous germs have taken up their residence. |