| 单词 | french elaterium |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFrench Elaterium 2. A sediment or precipitate from the juice of the Squirting Cucumber ( Ecballium elaterium, Momordica Elaterium), having a bitter acrid taste, and acting as a drastic purgative and emetic. Also called English Elaterium, to distinguish it from French Elaterium, a much less active preparation, produced by evaporation of the juice. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > drastic purgative or emetic elaterium1578 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xl. 373 Elaterium..driueth foorth by siege grosse fleme. 1657 Physical Dict. Elaterium..is good against the dropsie. 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 41 Other purging Medicins, as Jalap, Colycinthis, Elaterium..consist of sharp particles. 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 584 If two grains of white vitriol, and the same quantity of elaterium, be dissolved in half an ounce of marjoram water, etc. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica i. 38 The elaterium..contains a principle sui generis, and a bitter substance almost inert by itself. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 437/1 So powerful is pure elaterium, that one eighth part of a grain is sufficient to produce strong cathartic effects. < as lemmas |
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