单词 | phosphorism |
释义 | phosphorismn.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence phosphorescence1770 phosphorism1775 self-luminosity1841 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [noun] > phosphorescence phosphorescence1770 phosphorism1775 afterglow1879 1775 tr. J. B. Beccari in B. Wilson Series Exper. Phosphori 63 The structure of bodies..has no certain and constant connection with the cause of their phosphorism. 1800 J. Parkinson Chem. Pocket-bk. 11 Mr. T. Wedgwood found that the phosphorism of almost all bodies might be made apparent, either by heat or by attrition. 2. Medicine. Chronic phosphorus poisoning. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by phosphorus phosphorus necrosis1869 phossy jaw1889 phosphorism1890 phos1892 1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict. 341/1 Phosphorism, the symptoms of chronic phosphorus-poisoning. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 921 Phosphorus poisoning may be acute or chronic. The latter malady, known as phosphorism, is principally met with in those who are engaged in the manufacture of matches. 1901 Lancet 24 Aug. 547/1 Satisfactory evidence was lacking that anything in the nature of phosphorism was produced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775 |
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