单词 | black tongue |
释义 | > as lemmasblack tongue black tongue n. chiefly U.S. (originally) any of various diseases or disorders exhibiting a dark discoloration of the tongue, esp. blackleg in livestock or (more fully black tongue fever) typhus, typhoid, or meningococcal meningitis in humans; (in later use also) niacin deficiency, esp. in livestock or domestic animals; pellagra. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of tongue froga1398 ranula?a1425 tongue-evil1662 agrom1753 frog-tongue1822 glossocele1823 black tongue1833 glossitis1834 glossoplegia1854 strawberry tongue1874 smoker's patch1888 parrot tongue1897 1833 Let. 30 Dec. in Thomsonian Recorder (1834) 18 Jan. 114/2 There is a disease prevalent in various parts of the United States, among cattle and horses, called the Black Tongue. 1843 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 6 250 There were several more cases [of typhus fever] in the immediate vicinity equally fatal, which received the very expressive title of Black tongue fever or Black fever. 1858 C. L. Flint Milch Cows (1860) 281 Typhoid fever..is sometimes followed by diseases known as black tongue, black leg, or quarter evil. 1919 J. P. Dunn Indiana II. 804 In 1842–3 epidemic erysipelas prevailed in a number of counties in southern Indiana, and was known by a number of popular names, as ‘black tongue’, ‘sore throat’, etc. 1936 Jrnl. Nutrition 11 75 Fractions prepared from liver extract which were rich in vitamin G (B2) and from which the hepatoflavin had been removed..were very active in the cure of black tongue. 2003 Dis.-a-month 49 661 Acute black tongue was first demonstrated in dogs, with similar observations in swine. < as lemmas |
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