urticationn.

Brit.

/ˌəːtᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌərdəˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: < medieval Latin ūrtīcātiōn-, ūrtīcātio, noun of action < ūrtīcāre to urticate adj. Compare French urtication, Italian orticazione, Portuguese urtic-, urtigação.

a. The action or function of urticating or stinging like or as a nettle; a stinging operation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > smarting or stinging

stingc900

smartingOE

smarta1225

stanginga1300

stinging1398

mordicationa1413

stang1513

urtication1655

smartness1682

verberation1688

mordicancy1693

1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium v. §3. 253 A body may be said to be lustful though it be asleep, or eating, without the sense of actual urtications and violence, by reason of its constitution.

1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 146 Certain minute organs found in all Polypes, and variously styled ‘thread-capsules’, ‘filiferous capsules’, or urticating cells, are organs of urtication or stinging.

1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 148 Here, then, we have the organ, without any corresponding function; ‘urticating cells’, but no urtication!

b. A burning or pricking sensation suggestive of stinging with nettles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > smarting or stinging > caused by plant

nettling1440

nettle stinging1666

pungency1792

nettle stinga1820

urtication1859

sting1878

1859 T. H. Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 94 The mucus which produces the well-known urtication of the human skin.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 483 So that.. urtication..may be excited in them [i.e. elements of a certain eruption] by mechanical irritation or heat.

2. The flogging or pricking of a benumbed part or paralytic limb with green nettles, so as to restore sensation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > types of folk-remedy

urtication1837

bramble-cure1866

1837 J. G. Millingen Curios. Med. Exper. II. 55 A case of obstinate lethargy was cured..by repeated urtication of the whole body.

1870 J. G. Bertram Flagellation xxii. 207 Elidœus Paduanus recommends whipping with nettles, or urtication,..for assisting the development of the eruption in exanthematic diseases.

1873 M. Collins Miranda III. 206 Urtication is the best cure for rheumatism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	urtication
释义	urticationn. Brit. /ˌəːtᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌərdəˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: < medieval Latin ūrtīcātiōn-, ūrtīcātio, noun of action < ūrtīcāre to urticate adj. Compare French urtication, Italian orticazione, Portuguese urtic-, urtigação. 1. a. The action or function of urticating or stinging like or as a nettle; a stinging operation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > smarting or stinging stingc900 smartingOE smarta1225 stanginga1300 stinging1398 mordicationa1413 stang1513 urtication1655 smartness1682 verberation1688 mordicancy1693 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium v. §3. 253 A body may be said to be lustful though it be asleep, or eating, without the sense of actual urtications and violence, by reason of its constitution. 1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 146 Certain minute organs found in all Polypes, and variously styled ‘thread-capsules’, ‘filiferous capsules’, or urticating cells, are organs of urtication or stinging. 1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 148 Here, then, we have the organ, without any corresponding function; ‘urticating cells’, but no urtication! b. A burning or pricking sensation suggestive of stinging with nettles. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > smarting or stinging > caused by plant nettling1440 nettle stinging1666 pungency1792 nettle stinga1820 urtication1859 sting1878 1859 T. H. Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 94 The mucus which produces the well-known urtication of the human skin. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 483 So that.. urtication..may be excited in them [i.e. elements of a certain eruption] by mechanical irritation or heat. 2. The flogging or pricking of a benumbed part or paralytic limb with green nettles, so as to restore sensation, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > non-scientific treatments > [noun] > types of folk-remedy urtication1837 bramble-cure1866 1837 J. G. Millingen Curios. Med. Exper. II. 55 A case of obstinate lethargy was cured..by repeated urtication of the whole body. 1870 J. G. Bertram Flagellation xxii. 207 Elidœus Paduanus recommends whipping with nettles, or urtication,..for assisting the development of the eruption in exanthematic diseases. 1873 M. Collins Miranda III. 206 Urtication is the best cure for rheumatism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1655
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