| 单词 | illegal operation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasillegal operation illegal operation n. an abortion procured illegally. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on sex organs > operations on female sex organs > obstetrical operations > for abortion termination1904 illegal operation1910 vacuum aspiration1967 scrape1968 1910 G. K. Chesterton George Bernard Shaw 145 Mr. Granville Barker's play of Waste, in which the woman dies from an illegal operation. 1927 Rev. Eng. Stud. Oct. 433 There is a very interesting misuse of words..due..to a yet older human failing: taboo. As instances may serve lavatory, illegal operation, social evil, a certain disease. 1938 ‘M. Benney’ Scapegoat Dances iv. 46 He had given his knowledge, time, and money to relieving the distresses of the street-walkers..when necessary, performing illegal operations on them. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. ii. 24 A man who deals in something disreputable—pornographic books or illegal operations. 1958 New Statesman 7 June 722/1 Estimates suggest that something like 200,000 illegal operations are performed every year in this country. < as lemmas |
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