| 单词 | foreign body |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforeign body foreign body n. Medicine an object or substance that has entered the body from outside. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > foreign body or artefact foreign body1672 artefact1872 1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds ii. ii. 6 The Part is at first dressing, with what diligence you can, to be cleared of all such Forraign Bodies, as have made violent Intrusion into it. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 123 I discovered, by the probe, this foreign body. 1898 Daily News 30 Nov. 8/1 The presence of the ‘foreign body’—a disguising euphemism for half an ounce..of lead entering a man at great velocity. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxvi. 375 Foreign bodies,..particles of coal dust, emery, steel, etc.—may pitch upon the conjunctiva or..cornea. 2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 211 Grazes on the eye, or corneal abrasions, and foreign bodies embedded in the eye (eg dust, wood or metal splinters) cause the symptoms of conjunctivitis. < as lemmas |
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