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单词 alphonsine
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alphonsinen.

Brit. /alˈfɒnsiːn/, /alˈfɒnsɪn/, U.S. /ælˈfɑnsin/, /ælˈfɑnsɪn/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– Alphonsine, 1700s Alphonsin.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Alfonso , -ine suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Alfonso Ferri (1515–95), Italian surgeon + -ine suffix1, after French Alphonsin (1675 or earlier). Compare post-classical Latin Alphonsinum ( A. Ferri De sclopetorum sive archibuscorum vulneribus libri tres (1553) ii. 30 (caption) ).
Surgery. Now historical and rare.
A kind of three-pronged forceps used esp. for the extraction of bullets.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. xii. 435/1 The other Instrument is termed an Alphonsine, a thing made fit to take a Bullet out of a wound.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) The Alphonsin, so called from its inventor Alphonsus Ferrier, a physician of Naples consists of three branches, which are closed together by means of a ring.
1833 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 40 440 Alphonso is known to have contrived a species of ball-forceps for extracting bullets, which has long been known under the name of Alphonsine.
1848 Lancet 26 Aug. 227/2 Two of these instruments are well worthy of fixing the attention of the surgeon—the first is Alphonse Ferry's, which has led the way for lithotritic instruments; it still goes by the name of Alphonsine.
1979 E. Bennion Antique Med. Instruments viii. 159 In 1552 a variation in the form of an ornate three-legged forceps was introduced from Naples by Alphonso Ferri (1515-95) and became known as an Alphonsine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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