单词 | tuberculization |
释义 | tuberculizationn. Originally: the formation or development of tubercles, spec. those of tuberculosis. In later use also: infection with tubercle bacilli; resistance to tuberculosis, esp. on a (supposed) racial or genetic basis (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > tuberculosis decline1783 tubercle1795 tuberculation1822 tuberculization1823 tubercularization1839 tuberculosis1839 tuberculocele1858 white plague1860 tuberculid1868 tuberculoderma1881 white scourge1895 tubercule1901 white death1901 T.B.1912 1823 tr. G. Andral in London Med. Repos. 20 260 Under the influence of the irritating causes to which he was submitted, the process of tuberculization [Fr. tuberculisation] in the peritoneum augmented. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 108/1 Tuberculization of the bronchial glands. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 103 The gray pneumonia attending tuberculisation. 1932 Lancet 26 Mar. 690/2 All variations are seen between early and massive tuberculisation followed by death, and gradual tuberculisation without symptoms and with subsequent resistance. 1950 Tubercle 31 21/1 Mantoux tests of various population groups showed a high degree of tuberculization even in the youngest ages, but Samoans evidently resist the infection remarkably well. 2009 S. K. Roberts Infectious Fear ii. 55 A theoretical compromise between racial determinism and strict environmentalism condensed around the idea of tuberculization—the view..of physical resistance as having developed through interaction with the disease environment and then passing on genetically to progeny. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1823 |
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