单词 | female complaints |
释义 | > as lemmasfemale complaints female complaints n. euphemistic ailments that afflict women; spec. gynaecological ailments (also in singular); cf. female troubles n. ΚΠ 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller iii. xxvi. 189 It is..given to promote Delivery..; as also to open Menstrual Obstructions, and in abundance of other Female Complaints. 1781 London Med. Jrnl. 1 151 Our author speaks of the fluor albus as occurring..more frequently than any other female complaint. 1859 I. Warren Househ. Physician 338 Female complaints begin to make their appearance at the period of life called puberty. 1908 Fruit Grower Oct. 392/3 (advt.) It cures female complaint right in the privacy of home. It makes unnecessary the disagreeable questioning, examinations and local treatment so..abhorrent to every modest woman. 1991 N. Pickard I.O.U. 80 I didn't remember my mother ever complaining about difficult periods... But then maybe her generation was more circumspect about ‘female complaints’ than mine was. < as lemmas |
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