† prosphysisn.

Inflections: Plural prosphyses.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prosphysis (1598 or earlier) < ancient Greek πρόσϕυσις attachment, point of attachment, after-growth, in Hellenistic Greek also adhesion < πρός to (see prosody n.) + ϕύσις growth (see physis n.), after προσϕύεσθαι to grow on to or upon. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pr ǫ·sfisis) /ˈprɒsfɪsɪs/.

Medicine. Obsolete. rare.

Abnormal union or adhesion of body parts; an instance of this, an adhesion.

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oppletion1615

lesion1640

reflux1662

stress1682

prosphysis1684

injection1806

collapse1808

exstrophy1835

extroversion1835

fatigue1872

splanchnomegaly1910

malalignment1922

arrest1939

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 238 Prosphysis is a Coalition, or growing together, as when two Fingers are connected to each other.

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Adhesion Anatomists sometimes observe prosphyses, or Adhesions of the lungs to the sides of the thorax, the pleura, and diaphragm.

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Prosphysis, ‘adhesion, adherence, connexion’... In a more limited sense, this word means morbid adhesion of the eyelids, either between themselves, or with the globe of the eye.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	prosphysis
释义	† prosphysisn. Inflections: Plural prosphyses. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prosphysis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prosphysis (1598 or earlier) < ancient Greek πρόσϕυσις attachment, point of attachment, after-growth, in Hellenistic Greek also adhesion < πρός to (see prosody n.) + ϕύσις growth (see physis n.), after προσϕύεσθαι to grow on to or upon. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pr ǫ·sfisis) /ˈprɒsfɪsɪs/. Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Abnormal union or adhesion of body parts; an instance of this, an adhesion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > other disorders oppletion1615 lesion1640 reflux1662 stress1682 prosphysis1684 injection1806 collapse1808 exstrophy1835 extroversion1835 fatigue1872 splanchnomegaly1910 malalignment1922 arrest1939 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 238 Prosphysis is a Coalition, or growing together, as when two Fingers are connected to each other. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Adhesion Anatomists sometimes observe prosphyses, or Adhesions of the lungs to the sides of the thorax, the pleura, and diaphragm. 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Prosphysis, ‘adhesion, adherence, connexion’... In a more limited sense, this word means morbid adhesion of the eyelids, either between themselves, or with the globe of the eye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1684
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