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单词 red spot
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red spotn.

Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈspɒt/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛd ˈspɑt/
Forms: see red adj. and n. and spot n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., spot n.1
Etymology: < red adj. + spot n.1 With sense 3 compare Great Red Spot n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e.
1. Medicine. Originally: any small red lesion of the skin (as a macule, papule, etc.), esp. one forming part of a rash. In later use also: any small red lesion (typically of vascular origin) of the retina or of a mucosal surface.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > pimple
pimplea1398
plouk?c1425
whealc1440
knoll1499
red spota1500
knop1558
blob1597
bumb1598
pumple1601
burl1607
pimple spot1658
tiler1660
pipjenny1670
papula1694
grub1731
papilla1793
papule1828
maculopapule1900
hickey1934
zit1965
a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 707/28 Papula, a redspott.
1568 T. Hill Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) ii. xv. f. 72v If any wold put away the red spottes of the face, which doe represente a kynd of Leaprie.
1582 M. Philips in R. Hakluyt Voy. (1600) III. 475 They..leaue behinde them a red spot somewhat bigger than a flea-biting.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 125 The root of Onochiles brought into a liniment cureth the lentils or red spots, yea and the infection of the leprosie.
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 200 Morbilli, the Meazles, are red Spots which proceed from an aerial Contagion in the Blood.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lentigo, a Pimple, or Freckle; a small red Spot in the Face, or other Part, resembling a Lentil.
?1801 E. Jenner Instr. Vaccine Inoculation (1884) 59 A little red spot will appear on the third day..which..becomes perceptibly vesicated.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 826 A common variety found on the face of children, is a small central red spot with a leash of vessels running to it (spider nævus).
1978 Arch. Ophthalmol. 96 1597 The disc sign is the presence of dark red spots on the optic disc of patients with a sickling hemoglobinopathy.
1996 Independent 8 Jan. ii. 5/2 In men, symptoms include red spots or an inflamed penis tip.
2005 Techniques Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 7 5/2 Varices over 5 mm and the presence of a red spot were associated with an increased risk of bleeding.
2. Biology. A red marking, usually small and round, on an animal, plant, egg, etc.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > marks > [noun] > point or dot
red spot1608
macula1670
punctation1848
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 65 In his forehead there is a certaine red spot or mark with a Diadem.
1694 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal 97/2 The Flowers..are yellow, and have a broad Lip, divided into two parts, the Upper has red Spots instead of an Hood.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Lily The Flowers..are..crooked, purpled, and pink'd with certain red Spots, they smell sweatly and please the Sight.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 96 The house swallow is distinguished..by the red spot on the forehead, and under the chin.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 345/2 The six-spotted Burnet moth (Anthrocera Filipendulæ)..has six red spots on the superior wings.
1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 16 May 684 Down the centre of the back is a series of tetraplous bright red spots.
1931 E. G. Boulenger Fishes vii. 75 They are now olive-brown in colour, marked by direct transverse bands with red spots.
1990 Amer. Horticulturist Sept. 24/2 The deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are much smaller than other ticks..and have a red spot on their abdomens.
2006 Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) (Nexis) 25 Aug. h6 The native Northern black widow is also black..and the hourglass mark has separated into two red spots.
3. Astronomy. = Great Red Spot n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Jupiter > red spot
red spot1879
Great Red Spot1880
1879 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 40 86 The very remarkable red spot which has attracted the attention of every observer during the present opposition.
1927 San Antonio (Texas) Express 24 Sept. 8/3 Except for the aspect of the famous red spot and a slight shifting of lines in the equatorial markings, the planet's [sc. Jupiter's] disk presents a monotonous view to the telescopic observer.
1962 Listener 26 July 136/1 After 1882 the Red Spot began to fade, and since then it has undergone various changes.
1992 Discover Feb. 81/1 Jupiter's renowned red spot, which is actually a giant storm, is indeed red, though it varies greatly in color, reflecting changes in the gases churning in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere.
4. A type of spoilage in cheese, characterized by the presence of small red or orange spots and caused by contamination with pigment-producing bacteria. Also called rusty spot.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > defects in cheese
eyea1387
lazar1573
whey-spring1784
whey-drop1811
whey-eye1811
rusty spot1899
red spot1903
1900 Bull. N.Y. Agric. Exper. Station No. 183. 189 The evidence seems to be conclusive that the red spots are produced by the growth of a minute plant which finds its way into the curd before it is put to press.]
1903 51st Ann. Rep. Indiana State Board Agric. 1901–2 370 In one experiment station now they are studying the red spot in cheese, spending hundreds of dollars trying to find out what makes red spot in cheese.
1930 Zentralblatt f. Bakteriologie 80 Abt. 2 30Red spot’ or ‘rusty spot’ occurs at intervals in most English hard cheese from April until September. The spots are small and discrete, and seldom exceed a millimetre in diameter. The colour varies from a pale orange to a bright red.
1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 662 The peculiar fault known as ‘red spot’ in Cheddar cheese is due to an organism biochemically resembling the mastitis streptococcus which apparently lives a saprophytic existence in the udders of certain cows.
1986 J. P. Sutherland & A. H. Varnam Colour Atlas Food Quality Control 31/1 ‘Rusty’ or red spot..were largely a consequence of poor microbiological control of the cheesemaking process.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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