| 释义 |
† wateˈrologer Obs. rare.
[See water n. 18 b and -loger.]
A contemptuous term for one who diagnoses a disease by inspection of the patient's urine. So † wateˈrology, the art of doing this.
1654Whitlock Zootom. 47 That Waterologer in Dr. Harts Anatomy of Urines, that sent his Patient word that he was sick of a blinde Ague. Ibid. 66, I shall insist somewhat on the Cheat of Waterologie (a word though new, yet easily to be understood, thanks to another Cheat that rhimeth to it) and therefore I shall use it still, to signifie this divining by Urines. 1678Quacks Academy 6 You must either pretend to be Waterologers, or Ass-trologers, or Piss-prophets, or Starr-Wizards. 1786R. Heathcote Sylva (1788) 239 A waterologer, poring mysteriously over an Urinal. |