| 单词 | yellow bighead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow bighead 1. Originally U.S. Any of several diseases of livestock characterized by swelling of the head; esp. (a) osteitis fibrosa in horses; (b) (more fully yellow bighead) photosensitivity dermatitis of the face in sheep. Cf. dikkop n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > other disorders bunnyc1440 cold1486 big-head1805 dwarfism1833 milk fever1860 fagopyrism1895 hyperdactyly1902 myelocytoma1929 osteofibrosis1936 mousepox1947 osteolathyrism1957 whitepox1996 1805 Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer 3 Dec. in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) I. 61 A Brown Steer, having ‘what they call the Big Head’. 1828 J. Ware Pocket Farrier 66 The Big Head made its appearance in this State [sc. Virginia] about the year 1796 or 1797, and for some time was fatal in its consequences. 1896 Lancet 13 June 1628/2 The disease [sc. osteoporosis] is also common in the United States under the name ‘bighead’ and is generally attributed to cold and damp. 1928 A. W. Sampson Livestock Husb. on Range & Pasture 189 The bighead victim seldom stands still and frequently bumps into other sheep..as if its eyesight were affected. 1941 H. F. Blum Photodynamic Action & Dis. caused by Light xiv. 152 Yellow Bighead and photosensitivity, known as geeldikkop in Africa and facial eczema in New Zealand. 1955 S. H. Gaiger & G. O. Davies Vet. Pathol. & Bacteriol. (ed. 4) xxxvii. 711 The condition [sc. osteofibrosis] is also known..in England, as ‘big head’. 1996 Radiology 199 239/1 The rarity of this disease [sc. osteitis fibrosa] in humans is in dramatic contrast to recognition of a similar entity called ‘bighead’ in animals. 2002 I. S. Rossoff Encycl. Clin. Toxicol. 236/1 C[hloris] truncata..of Australia is a useful fodder plant, but suspect as a cause of ‘yellow bighead’ and ‘bighead jaundice’ in sheep. < as lemmas |
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