单词 | bumble foot |
释义 | bumble footn. 1. Originally: a club foot or a foot with a deformity causing it to be unable to bend properly. Hence in later use: a person who is awkward, clumsy, or bumbling. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of foot > foot splay-foot1548 stump foota1568 polt-foot1578 club-foot1683 bumble foot1832 reel foot1835 pigeon toe1888 clump-foot1922 rocker foot1934 1832 Morning Post (London) 28 Dec. The policeman stated that he had a bumble foot, and one leg was considerably shorter than the other. 1838 C. Webbe Man about Town I. 153 He has what is called ‘a bumble foot’—that is, a deformed foot. 1874 H. Kingsley Reginald Hetherege I. vii. 116 Fellow with a bumble foot and a cast in his eye. 1953 Odessa (Texas) Amer. 1 Nov. 27/3 The ole bumble foot spilled a little water on the seats. 1994 J. Hager Redbird's Cry viii. 60 Get outa my way, then, bumble foot. 2. Veterinary Medicine. A bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction affecting birds and rodents, esp. domestic fowl, resulting in swelling and abscess formation on the ball of the foot. Also: an affected foot of an animal having this infection.Bumblefoot is most commonly caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > disorders of poultry roup1551 squeck1577 gargil1614 roup1614 the gapes1799 garget1817 snifters1844 white comb1853 bumble foot1854 wry-tail1880 blackhead1894 bacillary white diarrhoea1909 limber-neck1910 (avian or fowl) leucosis complex1922 pullorum1929 perosis1931 fowl paralysis1932 scissor beak1934 blue comb1939 hexamitiasis1941 pullet disease1941 Marek's disease1947 new wheat disease1950 X disease1950 sour crop1951 fowl cholera- 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 105 Bumble-foot comes from the ball of the foot. 1886 J. W. Hill Dis. Poultry 87 Occasionally the sole of the foot becomes the seat of a thick corn-like growth, which ultimately festers and exposes a ragged ulcerated wound. Such a condition is commonly termed ‘Bumble-Foot’. 1900 Leeds Mercury 13 Oct. 10/3 When the fowls have to fly down from a great distance and alight on a hard floor, bumble feet are sure to result. 1922 T. E. Quisenberry Poultry Dis. 5 Birds with..bumble foot or other troubles which do not impair the vitality of the specimen can be used as breeders. 1995 New Scientist 20 May 85/3 The deformities on pigeons' feet are caused by infection with Staphylococcus—the common name for the condition is bumble-foot. 2008 New Yorker 7 July 82/2 By the time he left the store, Gerard had two wire cages (with cedar-plank flooring so the rats wouldn't contract bumblefoot, whatever that was). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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