单词 | adspiration |
释义 | adspirationn.ΚΠ 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere Pref. sig. Ee iiii Wythout the adspiracyon and helpe of whose especyall grace no labour of man can profite. 1632 E. Reynolds Explic. 110th Psalme iii. 324 This willingnesse of Christs people is wrought by the Communion and adspiration of the spirit of Grace. 2. The drawing of gas or liquid into a body cavity or organ by suction; (also) the use of an aspirator to remove gas or liquid from the body; an instance of this. Cf. aspiration n. 7. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > extracting gas or fluid draining1565 exhaustion1661 aspiration1842 adspiration1851 bleeding1889 bleed1949 1851 Med. Times 5 July 19/1 But conversely, from the dilatation of the chest, which occurs during inspiration, an adspiration must obtain. 1869 St. Louis Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 6 166 Another advantage of the ‘adspiration’ of pus, the author thinks, is the circumstance that by diligent removal of the pus the walls of the abscess are approximated. 1891 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. July 9 According to this theory there is a negative pressure within the abdomen which develops what has been termed the retentive power of the abdomen. Sometimes there is a sudden and great increase of this retentive power, constituting ‘adspiration’, similar to inspiration in breathing. 1916 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Feb. 195/1 The degree of elevation here advocated may suggest a risk of air embolism from ‘adspiration’ into the uterus and thence to the uterine veins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1532 |
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