单词 | inflammation |
释义 | inflammationn. 1. a. The action of inflaming; setting on fire or catching fire; the condition of being in flames, conflagration. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire incension?a1475 inflammation1563 accension1646 ignition1816 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 31 A thycke Exhalation violently moued out of a cloude without inflammation or burning. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §366 We will first therefore speake..of Bodies Enflamed, wholly, and immediatly, without any Wieke to helpe the Inflammation. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiii. 269 More proper it had been, that such an inflammation [sc. that of the Cities of the Plain] should have left an Ætna, Hecla or Vesuvius behinde it. 1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 185 These different substances require very different degrees of heat, in order to excite their inflammation. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 313 One of the commonest experiments..is that of producing inflammation by mixing two fluids perfectly cold. 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 230 The inflammation of a gas by electricity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > flame or blaze > flaming or blazing > a flaming body or appearance inflammation1563 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 27 If lightninge or any other inflammation be in ye upper part of these clouds. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 31 Another will foretell of Lightning and Thunder..when there are no such Inflamations seene. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 443 One of these inflammations [meteors], of a very extraordinary largeness, was seen at Quito whilst we were there. 2. a. The action of inflaming mentally, of firing the mind, passions, senses, etc. (in quot. 1597 at sense 2b with liquor); the condition of being so inflamed; excitement, fervour. Also, with an and plural, an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] heatc825 earnestOE fervour1340 ardourc1386 fever heata1398 burning1398 lowea1425 fervencec1430 ferventnessc1430 flame1548 ardency1549 fervency1554 fire1579 calenture1596 inflammation1600 warmth1600 brimstonea1616 incandescence1656 fervidness1692 candency1723 glow1748 white heat1814 hwyl1899 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] > stirring up or inflaming passion incensinga1513 inflaming1530 inflammation1600 incendmenta1645 incension1675 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 92 They are generally fooles and cowards, which some of vs should be too but for inflammation . View more context for this quotation 1609–38 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 184 Our hearts with inflammations burne. 1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 24 Their Bodies were divided, but their Affections meet with a higher Inflammation. 1777 E. Burke Addr. to King Jan. in Writings & Speeches (1996) III. 265 The means of calming a people in a state of extreme inflammation. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vii. 250 The combustion..was soon communicated to the rest, whose bosoms were perfectly prepared for inflammation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxiv. 69 The minde..taketh euery where new inflammations to pray. 3. Pathology. A morbid process affecting some organ or part of the body, characterized by excessive heat, swelling, pain, and redness; also, a particular instance or occurrence of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [noun] heatc1000 fireOE burning1382 phlegmona1398 disdainc1400 angerc1440 scaldingc1450 brounes1528 inflaming1530 combustion?1541 inflammation1541 incension1598 fieriness1600 angriness1612 exustion1657 phlogosis1666 phlegmasia1706 scald1882 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xxx. 47 b Much sleepe augmenteth heate, more than is necessary, wherby hot fumes and inflamacions are often ingendred. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 26v/1 The patient complayned of great payne and heate, and inflammation. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xiii. 28 If the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin,..it is an inflammation of the burning. View more context for this quotation 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 249 It is reckoned good in Inflammations of the Bowels. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 39 The term Inflammation has long been employed by medical men, to denote the existence of an unusual degree of redness, pain, heat, and swelling, in any of the textures or organs of which the human body is composed. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 54 The most common disease of the eye is inflammation of the conjunctiva. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > (an) increase in price enhancing1490 hoising1568 enhancement1577 advance1642 rise1645 inflammation1821 exaltation1866 raise1883 surpreciation1884 bulge1890 up1897 hike1931 uplift1949 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xxxv. 20 That climax of all human ills, The inflammation of his weekly bills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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