rarefactiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌrɛːrᵻˈfaktɪv/, U.S.

/ˌrɛrəˈfæktɪv/

Forms: late Middle English rarefactyue, 1600s– rarefactive, 1700s– rarifactive (rare).

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rarefactivus rarefying (a1250 in a British source; 1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin rārēfact- , past participial stem of rārēfacere rarefy v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French rarefactif (1478; French raréfactif ), Old Occitan rarefactiu (14th cent.), Spanish †rarefativo (end of the 15th cent.) Italian rarefattivo (a1502). Compare earlier rarefy v.

A. adj.

Causing or tending to cause rarefaction (in various senses); characterized by rarefaction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] > rarefied > rarefying or characterized by rarefaction

rarefactive?a1425

subtiliative?a1425

attenuant1603

subtilizing1611

subtiliating1659

rarefactional1909

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > decayed or decaying

rarefactive?a1425

rarefied1523

cariez'd1634

bonea1639

cariated1665

carious1676

cariose1763

ossivorous1842

osteoporotic1865

osteolytic1875

porotic1883

caried1884

Albers-Schönberg1922

osteodystrophic1925

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 168^v Medicyne resolutif..rarefactyue [?c1425 Paris makynge þenne; L. rarefactiua] or euaporatiue..is þat whos propriete is..of disseuering & subtilying þe materie.

1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. v. xiv. 313 'Tis plain..that an Intelligence, by that one rarefactive Vertue, can operate whatever is to be done by Bodies.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 114 Hence it appears, that Ayr, besides its gravity, has a nobler rarefactive faculty.

1730 T. Morgan Philos. Princ. Med. (ed. 2) 325 And this is the first Act of Digestion, namely, rarefactive Dissolution.

1743 P. Shaw Hoffman's New Exper. & Observ. Min. Waters (ed. 2) 34 By its rarifactive Motion, it increases the bulk of the Ice.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 551 The microscopic appearances are those of a rarefactive osteitis.

1933 Lancet 3 June 1170/1 A bony change which escaped notice until recently is a rarefactive osteitis of the lower part of the leg bones.

1958 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 245 545 These fronts are rarefactive and move with velocities less than the isothermal velocity of sound relative to fluid ahead and behind.

1990 Radiology 177 157 Cavitation effects and microbubble formation are due to the rarefactive (negative pressure) component of shock waves.

2001 Microbes & Infection 3 321/2 Endothelial syncytia with demonstrable viral antigen were present in the brains of humans with rarefactive necrosis.

†B. n.

A medicine that opens the pores of the skin. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Rarefactives,..in Medicine, Remedies which open and enlarge the Pores of the Skin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rarefactive
释义	rarefactiveadj.n. Brit. /ˌrɛːrᵻˈfaktɪv/, U.S. /ˌrɛrəˈfæktɪv/ Forms: late Middle English rarefactyue, 1600s– rarefactive, 1700s– rarifactive (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rarefactivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rarefactivus rarefying (a1250 in a British source; 1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin rārēfact- , past participial stem of rārēfacere rarefy v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French rarefactif (1478; French raréfactif ), Old Occitan rarefactiu (14th cent.), Spanish †rarefativo (end of the 15th cent.) Italian rarefattivo (a1502). Compare earlier rarefy v. A. adj. Causing or tending to cause rarefaction (in various senses); characterized by rarefaction. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] > rarefied > rarefying or characterized by rarefaction rarefactive?a1425 subtiliative?a1425 attenuant1603 subtilizing1611 subtiliating1659 rarefactional1909 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > decayed or decaying rarefactive?a1425 rarefied1523 cariez'd1634 bonea1639 cariated1665 carious1676 cariose1763 ossivorous1842 osteoporotic1865 osteolytic1875 porotic1883 caried1884 Albers-Schönberg1922 osteodystrophic1925 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 168^v Medicyne resolutif..rarefactyue [?c1425 Paris makynge þenne; L. rarefactiua] or euaporatiue..is þat whos propriete is..of disseuering & subtilying þe materie. 1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. v. xiv. 313 'Tis plain..that an Intelligence, by that one rarefactive Vertue, can operate whatever is to be done by Bodies. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 114 Hence it appears, that Ayr, besides its gravity, has a nobler rarefactive faculty. 1730 T. Morgan Philos. Princ. Med. (ed. 2) 325 And this is the first Act of Digestion, namely, rarefactive Dissolution. 1743 P. Shaw Hoffman's New Exper. & Observ. Min. Waters (ed. 2) 34 By its rarifactive Motion, it increases the bulk of the Ice. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 551 The microscopic appearances are those of a rarefactive osteitis. 1933 Lancet 3 June 1170/1 A bony change which escaped notice until recently is a rarefactive osteitis of the lower part of the leg bones. 1958 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 245 545 These fronts are rarefactive and move with velocities less than the isothermal velocity of sound relative to fluid ahead and behind. 1990 Radiology 177 157 Cavitation effects and microbubble formation are due to the rarefactive (negative pressure) component of shock waves. 2001 Microbes & Infection 3 321/2 Endothelial syncytia with demonstrable viral antigen were present in the brains of humans with rarefactive necrosis. †B. n. A medicine that opens the pores of the skin. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Rarefactives,..in Medicine, Remedies which open and enlarge the Pores of the Skin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?a1425
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