单词 | eliminatory |
释义 | eliminatoryadj. Of, relating to, or causing elimination (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [adjective] emunctory1547 excrementive1661 excretive1666 excretory1681 eliminatory1819 excreting1849 the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [adjective] > action of excreting excretic1612 egestivea1676 eliminative1812 eliminatory1819 excretionary1872 1819 tr. G. Breschet in London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 42 249 This inflammatory process, by which parts deprived of life are separated, is that which I term, after M. Dupuytren, the eliminatory inflammation [Fr. inflammation éliminatoire]. 1854 T. S. Lambert Human Anat., Physiol. & Hygiene 120 The skin..is to be reckoned as a very important eliminatory organ. 1866 Brit. Q. Rev. Jan. 198 The eliminatory processes to which we refer would..expunge from the electoral roll all who..were exposed more than others of their class to corruption. 1903 Med. Press & Circular 4 Mar. 223/1 Eclampsia is essentially a disease due to neglect or failure of the eliminatory functions of the body. 1939 Times 7 Feb. 7/5 Two eliminatory matches in an American tournament for the Coupe de la Ville de Cannes were played. 1992 M. Gadotti in D. A. Morales-Gómez & C. A. Torres Educ., Policy, & Social Change viii. 113 The government set up a legal artifice to transform entrance exams from ‘eliminatory’ to ‘classificatory’. 2008 Eng. Hist. Rev. 123 1090 The creation of a new concentration camp to replace the ghetto for the Jews of Riga seemed to harbinger a more eliminatory phase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819 |
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