单词 | ambustion |
释义 | † ambustionn. Obsolete. A burn or scald (of the skin); the action or process of burning or scalding the skin. In later use also: the action or process of heating or overheating something. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > burn or scald scaldinga1398 fire burning?a1425 combustion?1541 burning1542 ambustion1590 burn1594 scald1601 ustion1607 scorch1611 powder burn1864 flash burn1946 1590 R. Harvey Theol. Disc. Lamb of God 62 Thou art our Physician to heale vs, to asswage our ambustions. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. xii. 302 A certain space of time is necessary to the Effect of Calefaction or Ambustion; and that so much the Longer, by how much the Fewer, or more Disgregated the Igneous Atoms are. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 662 Gun-shot Wounds, which are complicated with Ambustion. 1722 D. Turner Art of Surg. I. v. 462 Dress up [the cauterized wound] with Lenients as is requir'd in other Ambustions. 1799 H. Stutzer tr. J. F. Jacquin Elements Chem. xciii. 243 That extracts may be properly prepared for medical purposes, it is requisite therefore..that ambustion be prevented as much as possible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020). < n.1590 |
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