单词 | uterine |
释义 | † uterinen.1 Obsolete. rare. plural. Children or offspring of the same mother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > [noun] > having one parent in common > having same mother uterines?a1475 mother bairn1563 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 29 Thei were [not] uterynes or childer of oon woman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). uterineadj.n.2 A. adj. 1. a. Having the same mother, but not the same father. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > [adjective] > having same mother uterine1447 of one (or the same) venter1579 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 45 Melchy..Pantars brother..Weddyd iacobes modyr & gat ely. So iacob & ely wer bretherne vteryne. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 295 Medardus..and Gildardus,..bothe breþer uteryne, borne in oon day. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 174 To be taken not only of the brother by father and mother but of the uterine and half brother also. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 359 Saint Peter was the onely vterine, and germane brother to saint Andrew. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 375 If Sodome and Jerusalem were Sisters, Babylon and we may be so too; uterin sisters of one wombe. a1695 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (1721) II. 1094/2 Walter Pope, uterine Brother to Dr. Joh. Wilkins. 1703 J. Quick Dec. Wife's Sister 19 His uterine Sister. 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. iii. viii. §8 Brothers or sisters of the deceased by the mother only, who are called uterine. 1844 W. K. Kelly tr. Michelet Hist. France I. 561 The uterine sister of Henry III. 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 11 People are born with the moral or with the material bias;—uterine brothers with this diverging destination. b. Related by blood through the mother. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > on mother's side matern?a1513 uterine1632 maternal1650 umbilical1888 matrilateral1951 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 503 Whose Vterine blood he is, and present Brother..sprung from one Mother. 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iv. 161 The property..devolves to his brothers or uterine uncles. 1888 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 5 493/2 The direct lineal ancestress in the female line, or what is sometimes termed umbilical or uterine ancestress. c. (See quot. 1882) rare. ΚΠ 1882 A. Macfarlane Consanguinity 11 The uterine system, that is, the system resulting from tracing kinship through females only. 2. Surgery. Adapted for using or operating on or in the uterus or womb. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > womb > adapted for uterine1615 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 239 Wee must proceede by the guide of a vterine probe. 1849 Lancet 29 Dec. 609/2 Dr. Routh exhibited to the Society three uterine scarificators. 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 851/2 Sound, Uterine, Uterine bougie. 1865 Lancet 29 Apr. 465/1 The uterine tents made from dried stem of sea-tangle. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2685/1 Uterine dilator,..elevator, redressor, scarificator, speculum. 3. a. Of, pertaining or belonging to, the uterus; situated in, connected with, the womb. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > womb wombedc1325 matrical1611 uterine1646 utricular1827 hysterocystic1833 interuteroplacental1850 perimetrial1858 perimetritic1863 parametric1883 perimetric1883 matricular1896 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. vii. 352 In hot climates and where the uterine parts exceed in heat. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Arising from a Turgescency or Inflation of the Uterine Vessels. 1788 Encycl. Brit. I. 744/2 The Fallopian or uterine tubes, which open into the cavity of the uterus. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 191 In the fœtus, we note several contrivances for the uterine state. 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 665 The only arteries in which it can be supposed to be produced are the hypogastric, iliac, and uterine. 1838 Lancet 7 July 497/2 The diseases of the uterine organs. 1877 W. Turner Introd. Human Anat. II. 519 A uterine venous plexus is arranged on and in the wall of the uterus. b. Affecting, occurring or taking place in, the uterus. uterine souffle: see souffle n.1, and cf. placental adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > womb > taking place in uterinea1661 intra-uterine1835 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Somerset 20 Our Bath-waters..are good for Uterine effects, proceeding from cold and windy Humours. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 77 This exotick acidity coagulating the blood..is the author of most of their uterine infirmities. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Maids that were held to be possess'd, were only seiz'd with the Uterine Fury. 1752 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 142 Vomiting,..in a few,..prevails during the whole time of uterine gestation. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 163/1 Of the Immoderate Flux of the Menses, or Uterine Hæmorrhage. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 333/2 The embryo..during the rest of its uterine life has been denominated the fœtus. 1839 C. West tr. Naegele Auscultation 13 The uterine sound varies in its intensity..within a very short time. 1851 E. Hamilton Flora Homœopath. I. 111 Boerhaave..employed it in uterine diseases. 1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 448/1 This congestion causes..painful uterine contractions. c. Suitable or adapted for remedying or aiding the uterus. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > womb > suitable for uterine1771 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 163/1 Uterine cathartics are aloes, myrrh, bryony, colocynthus [etc.]. 1849 Lancet 22 Dec. 661/2 A new uterine supporter. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2685/1 Uterine douche, a form of irrigator for the uterus. 4. Of the nature of a uterus. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > womb > of nature of uterine1841 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xiii. 201 The exact nature of the uterine sacculus..is imperfectly understood. 5. Of vellum: Prepared from the skin of a fœtal or abortive calf or lamb. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > skin (vellum or parchment) > [adjective] > of vellum, from fetal or abortive calf or lamb uterine1870 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. cxxxv That now rare kind of vellum called, among manuscript collectors, ‘uterine’. A medicine or herb remedial in uterine affections. Obsolete. Cf. A. 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the womb hysterical1651 hysterica1654 uterine1661 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 460 Uterines, in..flux, inflammation, scirrhus and ulcers of the womb. 1697 J. Floyer Enq. Use Baths i. 18 In the Mola Uteri, let Women swim in salt Water, or apply the Steam of it in which Uterines are boyl'd. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 81 Some commend it as a good Uterine. 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