单词 | chymopapain |
释义 | chymopapain in American English (ˌkaɪmoʊpəˈpeɪɪn; ˌkaɪmoʊpəˈpaɪɪn) noun papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage chymopapain in American English (ˌkaimoupəˈpeiɪn, -ˈpaiɪn) noun Pharmacology an enzyme derived from the tropical papaya fruit that is used in some circumstances to treat herniated disks Word origin [1970–75; chyme + -o- + papain]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, good old boy, postmodernism, stress test, urban legend-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer) |
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