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单词 angustness
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angustnessn.

Forms: see angust adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: angust adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < angust adj. + -ness suffix. Compare slightly later angustity n.
Medicine. Obsolete.
A narrow opening or part (rare); narrowness, constriction; tightness (of the chest). Cf. angustation n., angustity n. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath
straitness1398
straitheada1400
pursivenessc1450
pursiness?c1475
shortwindiness1545
shortness of breath1577
angustness1598
angustity1599
brevity1600
breathlessness1612
short-windedness1614
dyspnoea1681
tightness1785
puffiness1813
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. ii. iii. f. 10v/1 For as without havinge anye issue agayne, shee come to sincke throughe this angustnes, and narrownes, as then she causeth an ague.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke i. 101/2 Pilles..for the Coughe, & angustnes of the Brest [Ger. Engbreustigkeit].
1665 E. Maynwaring Morbus Polyrhizos 70 And not only difficulty of breathing, but angustness, compression, palpitations of the heart..and swoonings somtimes are caused by this disease [sc. scurvy].
1678 J. Browne Compl. Treat. Preternatural Tumours 27 The first [intention] arising from a preternatural thing taking from its contrary; as..apertion from obstruction, and dilatation from angustness.
1720 tr. H. Boerhaave De Viribus Medicamentorum xlviii. 305 Such an Exsiccation shall produce Angustness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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