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单词 contabescence
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contabescencen.

/kɒntəˈbɛsəns/
Etymology: < Latin type *contābēscentia , noun of state < contābēscent- : see contabescent adj. and -ence suffix. So French contabescence (in Littré).
1. A general wasting away, decay, atrophy. Obsolete in general sense.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decay or decaying
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decay1523
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marcor1646
contabescence1650
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decayedness1702
1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 44 Such a cruel Warre..creeping as it were with a slow contabescence..eats up all things.
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana 235 All..odorous bodies, in the tract of a few years, confess a substantiall Contabescence, or decay of Quantity.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Contabescence, same as Contabescentia..an old term for atrophy, consumption, marasmus, or any wasting of the body.
2. Botany. Partial or total suppression of pollen formation in the anthers of flowers. See contabescent adj.
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1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. (Ray Soc.)
1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. 275 The phenomenon called contabescence by Gärtner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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