† melicerisn.

Inflections: Plural melicerides.

Forms: 1500s meliceres, 1500s meliciris, 1600s–1800s meliceris, 1700s–1800s melliceris.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melicēris.

Etymology: < classical Latin melicēris < ancient Greek μελικηρίς tumour resembling a honeycomb or with honey-like contents, honeycomb (although the earliest surviving attestation of the literal sense is Hellenistic, the medical sense must have developed from it) < μέλι honey (see mell n.²) + κηρός wax (see cere n.). Compare Middle French melicoris (1539), meliceride (a1590), French mélicéris (1694). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (melisī^ə·ris) /mɛlɪˈsɪərɪs/, plural (melise·ridīz) /mɛlɪˈsɛrɪdiːz/.

Medicine. Obsolete.

A cystic lesion, esp. a sebaceous cyst, synovial cyst, ganglion, or bursa, which contains viscous, honey-like material; (also) the contents of such a lesion.

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1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 121^v Melicirides which are apostemes..haue an oylish thyng within them lyke vnto honye.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 18 The vlceration Meliceres differeth from the Ateroma.

1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) Meliceris, a tumour shut up within a tunick, proceeding from matter like honey, without pain, round, yielding if pressed, but quickly returning again.

1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. 128 The Ganglion of the Tendon is an Encysted Tumour of the Meliceris kind.

1762 R. Guy Pract. Observ. Cancers 31 Melliceris.

1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 97/2 The chief varieties of these [cysts] are atheroma,..meliceris,..and steatoma.

1870 J. Paget Lect. Surg. Pathol. (ed. 3) xxii. 410 [Synovial cysts.] Sometimes..their contents possess a gelatinous or even a honey-like consistency which constitutes a form of Meliceris.

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Meliceris, the fluid contents of a distended joint when yellow and honey-like.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	meliceris
释义	† melicerisn. Inflections: Plural melicerides. Forms: 1500s meliceres, 1500s meliciris, 1600s–1800s meliceris, 1700s–1800s melliceris. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melicēris. Etymology: < classical Latin melicēris < ancient Greek μελικηρίς tumour resembling a honeycomb or with honey-like contents, honeycomb (although the earliest surviving attestation of the literal sense is Hellenistic, the medical sense must have developed from it) < μέλι honey (see mell n.²) + κηρός wax (see cere n.). Compare Middle French melicoris (1539), meliceride (a1590), French mélicéris (1694). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (melisī^ə·ris) /mɛlɪˈsɪərɪs/, plural (melise·ridīz) /mɛlɪˈsɛrɪdiːz/. Medicine. Obsolete. A cystic lesion, esp. a sebaceous cyst, synovial cyst, ganglion, or bursa, which contains viscous, honey-like material; (also) the contents of such a lesion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess aposteme1340 felon1340 postumea1398 exiturea1400 imposthumec1400 buboc1425 impostumation1524 ancome1538 meliceris1562 undimy1562 rising1568 abscess1574 abscession1583 nail1600 the worm1607 apostematea1627 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [noun] > joint fluid disorder synovia1661 meliceris1870 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 121^v Melicirides which are apostemes..haue an oylish thyng within them lyke vnto honye. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 18 The vlceration Meliceres differeth from the Ateroma. 1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) Meliceris, a tumour shut up within a tunick, proceeding from matter like honey, without pain, round, yielding if pressed, but quickly returning again. 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. 128 The Ganglion of the Tendon is an Encysted Tumour of the Meliceris kind. 1762 R. Guy Pract. Observ. Cancers 31 Melliceris. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 97/2 The chief varieties of these [cysts] are atheroma,..meliceris,..and steatoma. 1870 J. Paget Lect. Surg. Pathol. (ed. 3) xxii. 410 [Synovial cysts.] Sometimes..their contents possess a gelatinous or even a honey-like consistency which constitutes a form of Meliceris. 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Meliceris, the fluid contents of a distended joint when yellow and honey-like. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1562
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