单词 | zootic |
释义 | zooticadj. 1. zootic acid n. now rare or disused hydrogen cyanide, prussic acid. ΚΠ 1816 G. E. Male Epitome Juridical or Forensic Med. 189 Zootic acid..has lately been announced as a new poison. 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1085 Zootic Acid, syn. with Hydrocyanic Acid. 1905 J. N. Clark Course in Pharmacy 184 What is the difference between Zootic Acid and Azotic Acid? 2005 G.W.A. Milne Gardner's Commercially Important Chemicals 529/1 Prussic acid;..Zootic acid; Zyklon B. Present in apricot and peach pits in low concentrations, extremely toxic. 2. Originally: of or relating to animals; spec. designating a disease occurring in animals. In later use: designating a disease which can be transmitted naturally from animals to humans; = zoonotic adj.Cf. enzootic adj., epizootic adj. 1, panzootic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adjective] > relating to zoonosis zootic1818 zoonotic1877 1818 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 39 5 It is with pleasure we find Zootic Medicine more generally cultivated. The diseases of horses are for the most part simple and better understood. 1851 H. Stephens Farmer's Guide II. 178/2 Epidemic zootic diseases have..ravaged the cattle of many countries from the earliest period of history. 1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 May 1094/1 Zoötic diseases communicable to man. 1942 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 401/ ‘Zootic’, typhus fevers are of minor importance as war diseases. 1998 J. D. Poland & D. T. Dennis in A. S. Evans & P. S. Brachman Bacterial Infections of Humans (ed. 3) xxvii. 556/1 Persons who have regular contact with wild rodents or their fleas in areas in which there is zootic plague. 2008 Times 21 Apr. 21/1 When you look at new and emerging diseases many are zootic and passable from animals to man. ΚΠ 1824 H. T. De la Beche tr. A. Brongniart in Select. Geol. Mem. Annales des Mines p. xv Variolite..Principal varieties..Zootic..Portions of entrochi mixed with the calcareous nodules. 1830 E. Pidgeon Fossil Remains Animal Kingdom 382 It is not necessary..to explain how these different species of fossils have been formed, in localities of different degrees of antiquity, from the oldest zootic strata, to those which are being formed daily under our actual inspection. 1834 W. Ainsworth Caves Ballybunian 69 Spilites with crystalline geodes and nodules, sometimes zootic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1816 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。