单词 | abaptiston |
释义 | abaptistonn. Now historical and rare. Any of various types of trepan designed to prevent sudden penetration into the brain; (also) the crown of a trepan (see crown n. 14). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > trepan trepanc1400 terebra1611 trephine1639 modiolus1684 abaptiston1688 exfoliator1864 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. xii. 433/1 This is the Male Trepan, or a Modiolus, of some Authors called an Abaptista, or Anabaptiston, an Instrument made hollow and round, and at the utmost brims nicked like a saw. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Abaptiston or Anabaptiston, a Surgeon's instrument. 1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I. at Abaptiston Abaptista are such as a little above the point have knobs on prominences sticking out, which hinder the Trepan from suddenly sinking into the head, and wounding the Meninx. 1791 in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 4 Science 128 The trepan.., with all its faults, must have been deemed an acquisition, when invented, to the science of Surgery, at a time when the terebra, terebella, abaptista, mediolus [sic], meningophylax, mallets, chissels, &c. were the instruments in common use. 1907 J. S. Milne Surg. Instruments Greek. & Rom. Times viii. 130 The illustrations of drills given from Vidius..are really abaptista. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1688 |
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