单词 | aerifaction |
释义 | † aerifactionn. Obsolete. rare. Exposure to air; aeration; (Medicine) hyperinflation (of the lung). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > charging with air aeration1800 aerifaction1824 1824 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 10 294 Since they are peculiar to the female, one cannot but conjecture that their function has some relation to the production or aerifaction of them [sc. eggs]. 1877 S. J. Gee Auscult. & Percuss. (ed. 2) i. v. 116 The latter case, of aerifaction, is complicated by conditions of reflection. 1879 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Aerifaction of lung, a term indicating conditions of the lung in which the amount of air is unnaturally increased, as in emphysema. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1824 |
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