| 释义 |
vermiculous, a.|vəˈmɪkjʊləs|
[See prec. and -ous. Cf. F. vermiculeux.]
1. Full of worms. rare—1.
1690R. Clark Vermiculars Destroyed 14 Slime and vermiculous matter.
2. Of or pertaining to worms.
1813T. Busby Lucretius I. iii. Comm. p. xxv, Otherwise, the vermiculous souls will be portions of human souls. 1819H. Busk Banquet iii. 462 The race vermiculous.
3. Having a wormy appearance.
1818Todd, Vermiculous,..resembling grubs. 1839New Monthly Mag. LVII. 406 The more prominent part of the [man's] nose, on whose vermiculous top, the Prussian blue mostly prevailed.
4. Path. Of strangury: Accompanied or marked by the discharge of worms or helminths.
1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) V. 469 They lay a foundation for the following varieties:..Spasmodic strangury... Scalding strangury... Vermiculous strangury. |