单词 | necrogenic |
释义 | necrogenicadj. 1. Produced by contact with dead bodies; arising from dead bodies; (Medicine) designating a wart-like form of tuberculosis of the skin acquired by contact with infected human or bovine tissue, seen especially in pathologists, abattoir workers, and butchers (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > environmental disorders > [adjective] > contact with cadavers necrogenic1866 cadaveric1871 1866 C. H. Fagge tr. F. Hebra On Dis. Skin I. 352 (note) Dr. Wilks has proposed the name of Verruca necrogenica for another cutaneous disease arising from this cause [sc. penetration of decomposing animal matters]. Perhaps the term ‘Necrogenic Pustule’ might be applied to the affection which is described in the text. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 788 The sore putting on all the character of the ‘necrogenic wart’. 1928 B. Malinowski Sexual Life Savages vi. 128 The necrogenic bwaulo, invisible to common eyes, appears to a witch or sorcerer as a black cloud shrouding the village. 1992 R. L. Carter Dict. Dermatol. Terms (ed. 4) 251 Anatomic and prosector's wart are alternate terms for necrogenic tubercle. 2. Causing necrosis; relating to the development of necrosis. ΚΠ 1933 Science 3 Feb. 144/1 A new necrogenic disease of potatoes in California. 1953 G. H. Bourne & G. W. Kidder Biochem. & Physiol. Nutrition I. 396 The liver of animals on a stock diet contained 48 mg. ascorbic acid, on a necrogenic diet 26 mg. 1966 Nature 1 Jan. 36/2 Before carbon tetrachloride can manifest its latent necrogenic properties, it has to undergo an activation step. 1986 Cancer Res. 46 2377 Carcinogenesis was initiated by the administration of a single necrogenic dose of diethylnitrosamine. 1994 Toxicol. & Appl. Pharmacol. 126 295 Methylguanines were detectable in liver DNA only when the dose of hydrazine was necrogenic. 2001 Plant Physiol. 125 2164 This necrogenic bacterium induced in tobacco a sustained production of superoxide anion, lipid peroxidation, electrolyte leakage, and concomitant increases of several antioxidative enzymes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1866 |
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