| 单词 | crucial incision |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrucial incision 1. (Chiefly Anatomy.) Of the form of a cross, cross-shaped, as crucial incision; spec. the name of two ligaments in the knee-joint, which cross each other in the form of the letter X, and connect the femur and tibia; also applied to ‘the transverse ligament of the atlas and its upper and lower offshoots combined’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > crossing or crossed over each other > cross-shaped decussated1658 decussative1658 cruciform1661 cross-shaped17.. crucial1706 decussate1825 cross-headed1866 ten-shaped1907 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > [noun] > an incision > of specific shape cruciate1684 crucial incision1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Incision Crucial Incision, the cutting or lancing of an Impostume or Swelling cross~wise. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 451 Making an incision quite cross to the bone, from ear to ear; which section is preferable to the crucial, commonly made. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 256 Between the condyles of the os femoris and the crucial ligaments. 1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 338 In the molar teeth of the lower jaw, the decay sometimes takes a crucial shape. 1861 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) iii. 302 The crucial flowers. < as lemmas |
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