† melitagrousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melitagra , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin melitagra a form of impetigo (see quot. 1808; < ancient Greek μελιτ- honey (see mell n.²) + ἄγρα a catching, after classical Latin podagra podagra n.) + -ous suffix. Compare French mélitagreux (1836), mélitagre (1830).J. B. F. Rivière Essai sur la mélitagre (1830) asserts that the word was coined by Galen, but this has proved untraceable. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (melitēⁱ·grəs) /mɛlɪˈteɪɡrəs/.

Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Designating a honey-like secretion of the skin produced as a result of disease or irritation.

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1808 R. Wilson On Cutaneous Dis. Introd. p. ii This will appear from comparing their [sc. the Greeks'] accounts of Pityriasis, Ceria, Achoris, Meliceris, Melitagra.]

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Melitagrous, a term applied to the honey-like secretion from the skin which occurs in such diseases as favus and is produced by some irritating ointments.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	melitagrous
释义	† melitagrousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin melitagra , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin melitagra a form of impetigo (see quot. 1808; < ancient Greek μελιτ- honey (see mell n.²) + ἄγρα a catching, after classical Latin podagra podagra n.) + -ous suffix. Compare French mélitagreux (1836), mélitagre (1830).J. B. F. Rivière Essai sur la mélitagre (1830) asserts that the word was coined by Galen, but this has proved untraceable. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (melitēⁱ·grəs) /mɛlɪˈteɪɡrəs/. Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Designating a honey-like secretion of the skin produced as a result of disease or irritation. ΚΠ 1808 R. Wilson On Cutaneous Dis. Introd. p. ii This will appear from comparing their [sc. the Greeks'] accounts of Pityriasis, Ceria, Achoris, Meliceris, Melitagra.] 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Melitagrous, a term applied to the honey-like secretion from the skin which occurs in such diseases as favus and is produced by some irritating ointments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1892
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