| 释义 |
politzerize, v.|pəʊˈlɪtsəraɪz|
[f. name of Adam Politzer, a physician of Vienna, who introduced the method: see -ize.]
trans. To inflate the tympanic cavity of (a patient) through the Eustachian tube. Hence poˈlitzerizing vbl. n.; also poˌlitzeriˈzation.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 786 Politzerising is now performed carefully several times, when a perforation sound is heard. Ibid. 791 The Eustachian tube..was found to be pervious, as ascertained by auscultation during Politzerisation. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 116 Politzerization. |