† physconian.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin physconia ( F. Boissier de Sauvages Nosologia methodica(1768) II. 478) < ancient Greek ϕύσκων pot belly ( < ϕύσκη sausage ( < ϕυσᾶν to blow up ( < ϕῦσα breath, wind, bellows: see physa n.) + -κη , suffix forming nouns) + -ων , suffix forming nouns, especially names, probably < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin -ōn- , -ō -oon suffix) + post-classical Latin -ia -ia suffix¹.

Medicine. Obsolete.

Distention of the abdomen, esp. when caused by the presence of a solid tumour or the enlargement of an organ; enlargement of an organ causing such distention; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1772 D. MacBride Methodical Introd. Theory & Pract. Physic ix. iv. 610 Those hard swellings of the abdomen, which are known in general by the appellation of Physconia, are most commonly met with in women, and usually proceed from an enlargement of the ovaria, or uterus.

1789 J. Aitken Systematic Elem. Theory & Pract. Surg. 183 Cancer..generally attacks glandular parts,—..the Liver, the Pancreas, &c. forming the solid abdominal tumefaction Physconia.

1868 C. J. Hempel tr. G. H. G. Jahr Venereal Dis. 57 Attended with physconia, deranged digestion, heart-affections, nocturnal headache, [etc.].

1892 Lancet 23 Jan. 199/1 The first three, according to Winchel, ‘resolve themselves into either hepatic physconia or a lymphatic tumour of the liver’.

Derivatives

† physconic adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 955/2 Physconicus, of or belonging to Physconia: physconic.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	physconia
释义	† physconian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin physconia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin physconia ( F. Boissier de Sauvages Nosologia methodica(1768) II. 478) < ancient Greek ϕύσκων pot belly ( < ϕύσκη sausage ( < ϕυσᾶν to blow up ( < ϕῦσα breath, wind, bellows: see physa n.) + -κη , suffix forming nouns) + -ων , suffix forming nouns, especially names, probably < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin -ōn- , -ō -oon suffix) + post-classical Latin -ia -ia suffix¹. Medicine. Obsolete. Distention of the abdomen, esp. when caused by the presence of a solid tumour or the enlargement of an organ; enlargement of an organ causing such distention; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1772 D. MacBride Methodical Introd. Theory & Pract. Physic ix. iv. 610 Those hard swellings of the abdomen, which are known in general by the appellation of Physconia, are most commonly met with in women, and usually proceed from an enlargement of the ovaria, or uterus. 1789 J. Aitken Systematic Elem. Theory & Pract. Surg. 183 Cancer..generally attacks glandular parts,—..the Liver, the Pancreas, &c. forming the solid abdominal tumefaction Physconia. 1868 C. J. Hempel tr. G. H. G. Jahr Venereal Dis. 57 Attended with physconia, deranged digestion, heart-affections, nocturnal headache, [etc.]. 1892 Lancet 23 Jan. 199/1 The first three, according to Winchel, ‘resolve themselves into either hepatic physconia or a lymphatic tumour of the liver’. Derivatives † physconic adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 955/2 Physconicus, of or belonging to Physconia: physconic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1772
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