单词 | abligation |
释义 | abligationn. rare. ΚΠ 1836 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. Abligation, a tying up from. 1886 N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. Abligation, a tying up from.] 2. Veterinary Medicine. The tying off of a structure by means of sutures or clips. ΚΠ 1929 A. J. Durant in N. Amer. Veterinarian Feb. 54/2 The word abligation is used to distinguish this operation from ‘cecectomy’ or ‘cecotomy’, since the ceca are not ‘cut out’ nor ‘cut into’, but are ‘tied off’ and left in position. The word is not a newly coined word, but a very old and almost obsolete English word of Latin origin. 1943 L. H. Schwarte in H. E. Biester Dis. Poultry xxxvii. 828 Cecal abligation has been given considerable attention in recent years in an attempt to control blackhead in turkeys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1836 |
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