单词 | delhi |
释义 | Delhin. 1. Delhi sore n. now historical the nodular, ulcerated sore that is the characteristic lesion of the protozoal disease cutaneous leishmaniasis, and which heals with scarring; the disease itself, the Old World form of which is endemic in South Asia as well as in the Near and Middle East and North Africa.The many names for this lesion and disease often consist of a word denoting the lesion prefixed by the name of a place where it was known to be acquired, as Aleppo bouton, Baghdad button, Biskra bouton, etc. Cf. also oriental sore n. at oriental adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > Aleppo button mal1732 Aleppo button1832 Baghdad button1832 Biskra button1832 Delhi sore1860 oriental sore1877 1860 J. Balfour in Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 5 ii. 1035 (title of article) Account of the Aurengzebie, or Delhi Sore. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 186 A big silver scar about the size of a shilling—the mark of a Delhi sore, which is the same as a ‘Bagdad date’. 2001 Mod. Asian Stud. 35 148 With the arrival of a significant colonial presence and after the outbreak of Delhi Sore in 1858, the British re-evaluated the sites for landfills. 2. Delhi boil n. now historical = Delhi sore n. ΚΠ 1862 Army Med. Dept.: Statist., Sanitary & Med. Rep. 1860 vii. 452 in Parl. Papers XXXIII. 1 The ‘Delhi boil’ or ‘ulcer’—for it assumes the appearance of the former before it ends in the latter—has been known to be peculiar to Delhi as far back as authentic history can trace. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Sept. 654/1 A parasite of similar appearance has been shown recently to occur in the tissues of Delhi boil. 2012 Trav. Med. & Infectious Dis. 10 275/1 The cutaneous manifestation of this disease [sc. leishmaniasis] has a myriad of eponyms based on geographic regions, to include the ‘Aleppo evil’, the ‘Delhi boil’, and the ‘Biskra bouton’. 3. Delhi belly n. traveller's diarrhoea (esp. when acquired in India).Cf. gippy tummy n. at gyppy adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of stomach > [noun] > gastric disturbance working1577 undulation1681 gastricity1796 collywobbles1823 all of a rejumble1866 tummy upset1926 Delhi belly1942 Spanish tummy1967 tummy bug1969 1942 Time 20 Apr. 28/1 For days correspondents sat in the sweltering Imperial Hotel drinking chota pegs or nursing the local form of dysentery called Delhi belly. 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xlii. 314 I experienced the usual agonizing symptoms of indiscretion in the East—what the G.I.'s called Delhi-belly. 2014 G. Gray If you can't take Joke xi. 214 I used to get Delhi belly when I first went to India but when I was visiting India regularly, ie every month or so, I was rarely troubled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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