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单词 derbyshire
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Derbyshiren.

/ˈdɑːbɪʃə//ˈdəːbɪʃə/
Etymology: In Old English Déorbý-scír , Déorbí-scír : see Derby n.
The shire or county of Derby in England. Hence
1. Derbyshire neck n. a swelling of the thyroid gland; bronchocele, goitre; so called as being endemic in parts of that county.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > goitre
wen1530
strume1559
struma1565
Bavarian poke1621
goitre1625
bronchocele1657
throat rupture1662
strumosity1674
Derby neck1769
Derbyshire neck1802
tracheocele1828
Graves's disease1868
thyrocele1886
strumitis1889
1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. vi. 67 The water of melted snow has been held by many authors to be the cause of the bronchocele or Derbyshire neck.
1836 G. Head Home Tour 117 The malady..called the ‘Derbyshire neck’—an endemic protuberance in the throat, or goitre.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. iv. 189 Goitre, or Derbyshire neck,..is very frequently met with.
2. Derbyshire spar n. (also †Derbyshire drop) fluor-spar.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > halides > [noun] > fluorite group > calcium fluoride
fluorspar?1770
Derbyshire spar1772
fluor1772
tiger-stone1829
fluorite1844
spodiosite1887
1772 W. Gilpin Lakes Cumberland (1788) II. 217 It..is known in London by the name of the Derbyshire drop. But on the spot it is called Blue John.
1788 Cronstedt's Min. 26 Pieces of Derbyshire spar, through which the light of a candle formed many images.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci. Chem. 64 Derbyshire spar (fluoride of calcium).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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