| 释义 |
phossy, a. colloq.|ˈfɒsɪ|
Also fossy.
[f. phos, colloq. abbreviation of phosphorus + -y.]
Characterized or affected by the presence of phosphorus; in phossy jaw, the popular name of the disease phosphorus necrosis of the jaw.
1889Pall Mall G. 4 Apr. 2/3 The public knows nothing of the ‘fossy jaw’ which is one of the familiar dangers of life to the East-end match girl. 1893Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Apr. 706/1 The match girls' ‘leprosy’ and phossy jaw demand our attention. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 928 The work people suffer from necrosis of the bone, sometimes called in this country ‘phossy jaw’ and in France ‘mal chimique’... The ‘mixers’ and ‘dippers’ are particularly liable to suffer from ‘phossy jaw’. |