单词 | angustness |
释义 | † angustnessn. Medicine. Obsolete. A narrow opening or part (rare); narrowness, constriction; tightness (of the chest). Cf. angustation n., angustity n. 1. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1598 |
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