单词 | apophlegmatism |
释义 | † apophlegmatismn. Medicine. Obsolete. 1. The action of purging phlegm from the head. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [noun] > dispersing, etc., of humours or morbid matter > specific phlegm from the head apophlegmatism1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Apophlegmatism by the mouth is a kind of particular Salivation. 2. An apophlegmatic agent or treatment. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > apophlegmatic phlegmagogue?a1425 apophlegmatism1606 apophlegmatizer1671 apophlegmatic1726 1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iii. i. sig. E4v Strange speach..Of Trochises, Opiats, Apophilegmatismes. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 8 Cupping the head and blistering the neck [in Apoplexy] signify little if Apophlegmatisms will not do. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Apophlegmatism, a medicine of which the intention is to draw phlegm from the blood. [Also in mod. Dicts.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。