单词 | icterus |
释义 | icterusn. 1. a. Pathology. The disease jaundice. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > jaundice jaundice1303 yellow evila1387 aurigo1398 gulesought14.. yellow soughtc1400 green jaundice1547 yellow sickness1568 icterism1660 yellow plague1668 icterus1706 orange skin1822 cholaemia1866 leptospiral jaundice1924 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Icterus, the Jaundice. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 240 Irritation..acting upon the hepatic system, is..the cause of icterus. 1886 Lancet 15 May 947/2 [He] pointed out that diabetes was not a disease, but a symptom like icterus. b. Botany. A disease of plants in which the leaves turn yellow. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > characterized by part affected or appearance produced jaundice1600 black rot1769 root rot1831 leaf blight1849 leaf curl1850 black heart1862 icterus1866 albication1877 footrot1883 curl-leaf1886 silver top1890 stem-sickness1890 sleeping disease1899 mosaic1900 leaf mosaic1902 scorch1906 blotch1909 little leaf1911 ringspot1913 crinkle1920 vein banding1928 1807 Edinb. Rev. 11 85 To the natural decay of the leaves in Autumn, he has given the name of Icterus.] 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Icterus, a name given to the yellow condition assumed by wheat and some other plants, under the influence of prolonged wet and cold... The golden hues of autumn belong clearly to another category. 2. Zoology. A genus of American passerine birds, formerly nearly coextensive with the modern family Icteridæ, now restricted to the American orioles or hangbirds, a typical species being the troopial or icteric oriole, I. vulgaris (see icteric adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Icteridae > [noun] > genus Icterus (oriole) starling1674 icterus1713 hanging bird1759 oriole1782 hangbird1789 hammock1853 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiii. 232 The Nest of the Guira tangeima, the Icterus minor, and the Jupujuba, or whatever other Name the American Hang-Nests may be called by. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1706 |
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