单词 | tuberous |
释义 | tuberousadj. 1. Anatomy, Zoology, etc. Of the form of, or constituting, a tuber or rounded projection; covered with such projections; knobbed, knobby. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > rounded projection nodous1646 tuberous1650 papillar1651 verrucous1656 capitate1661 clavate1661 papillary1667 warty1693 tuberculated1696 papillous1718 tubercular1719 clavated1728 tuberculous1732 mammillated1744 tubercled1746 papillose1752 torulous1752 tuberculose1752 tuberculate1777 tubercle-like1792 mastoid1800 tuberculiferous1802 ventricose1804 torulose1806 papillated?a1808 tuberculiform1817 bullated1822 nodulous1822 tuberiform1822 nodulated1824 papilliform1824 mammular1826 papilliferous1826 nodulose1828 knuckled1842 mamelonated1843 tuberculoid1853 papillate1857 mammilloid1859 tuberculosquamous1866 bosselated1873 papulate1876 bulbar1878 tubero-cystic1879 mammulose1889 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis iii. 63 This forehead is..neither globous nor tuberous as the forehead of women. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. xv. 182 A broad circle of naked, tuberous, white flesh compasses the Eyes, as in the Carriers. 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. 208 Tuberous Carp... Carp with thirteen rays in the anal fin, and slightly tuberous body. 2. Pathology. Affected with tubers or morbid swellings; of the nature of such a swelling; characterized, as a disease, by such swellings; tuberous sclerosis, a rare, hereditary, usually fatal disease in which there are hard swellings on the brain and elsewhere, with symptoms including mental deficiency and epilepsy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tuber or tubercle tuberculous1597 tuberous1656 tubercular1753 tuberculated1793 tuberculate1822 tuberiform1822 tuberculized1835 tuberculo-fibroid1871 miliary1932 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > sclerosis multiple sclerosis1885 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis1886 insular sclerosis1891 tuberous sclerosis1898 epiloia1911 tuberose sclerosis1933 Lou Gehrig disease1941 MS1955 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tuberous, full of bunches, swellings, wennes or knots. 1762 R. Guy Pract. Observ. Cancers 150 The tuberous Vessels were rather fuller than ordinary. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 353 The origin of vascular tuberous growths. 1898 C. K. Mills Nerv. Syst. & its Dis. v. 503 Tuberous Sclerosis. An interesting form of sclerotic pseudotumor is sometimes found in the brain, especially among the idiotic..and epileptic. 1900 J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. 11 73 His face was covered with tuberous acne. 1954 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 12) xviii. 313 Tuberous Sclerosis (Bourneville's Disease), occurring in young individuals, is associated with nodular lesions in the central nervous system and the skin, particularly on the face (adenoma sebaceum). 1975 Swaiman & Wright Practice of Pediatric Neurol. II. xxxii. 739/1 Tuberous sclerosis is best identified by cutaneous signs associated with neurologic deterioration and myoclonic seizures. 3. Botany. a. Of the nature of a tuber; chiefly in tuberous root, (a) a tuber, or an underground stem bearing tubers (see tuber n.2 1); (b) more strictly, a true root (usually one of a cluster) thickened so as to resemble a tuber, but bearing no buds; as in the lesser celandine and the dahlia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] moreeOE rootc1175 master-rootc1330 rootinga1400 radix1558 leg1597 taproot1601 top-root1651 tuberous root1668 heart-root1669 pivot1725 spill1766 tap1796 tutty-more1873 pneumatophore1891 stem root1901 heart-root1903 the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] > tuber clog1597 tuber1668 tuberous root1668 tubercle1728 storage tuber1914 the world > plants > part of plant > root > [adjective] > of or belonging to root tuberous1668 stemmy1728 radical1753 radicous?1764 radicellar1819 rhizoid1859 rhizomatic1864 rhizomic1898 rooty1905 stocky1915 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 90 Tuberous roots; consisting of one single tuber, or of several. 1730 J. Martyn in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 36 385 Their Roots are either bulbous, tuberous, or consisting of thick, fleshy Fibres. 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 346 Peziza tuberosa... Stem growing at the base to a blackish fungous tuberous substance. 1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 140 The knobs of genuine tuberous roots, like the potatoe, are studded with them [buds]. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) i. vii. 66 When the branches or fibres of a root become thickened in this way, as..in the Garden Dahlia, the root is said to be tuberous. b. Of a plant: Producing or bearing tubers; tuberous-rooted. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [adjective] > having or not having tubers tuberous1664 tuberous-rooted1721 tuberiferous1846 tuberless1851 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 75 in Sylva Tuberous Indian Jacynth. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 51 Bulbous and tuberous irises. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 55 Tuberous Comfrey. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 56 Tuberous Fox-tail. Compounds tuberous pea n. (also tuberous-rooted pea) = heath-pea n. (Miller 1884). tuberous-rooted adj. having a tuberous root (in either sense: see sense 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > plant defined by roots > [adjective] > having or not having tubers tuberous1664 tuberous-rooted1721 tuberiferous1846 tuberless1851 1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 226 Irises are both bulbous and tuberous Rooted. 1808 Knight in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 99 174 Such tuberous rooted plants as the potatoe. 1914 Daily Mail 31 Jan. 9/2 The planting of tuberous-rooted anemones and ranunculuses. Derivatives ˈtuberously adv. ΚΠ a1891 Bull. of Ill. State Laboratory 2 28 (Cent. D.) Tuberously. ˈtuberousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] bunching1398 struttingc1440 tuberosity?1541 swellnessa1582 bunchiness1594 extuberance1607 protuberance1653 protuberancy1654 tuberousness1681 swell1683 protruberance1746 bossiness1870 bulginess1883 pregnancy1950 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. i. 255 The tuberousness of the Bone in some places. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 133/2 This disease produces..irregular tuberousness of the hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1650 |
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