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单词 imperspirable
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imperspirableadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin imperspirabilis.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin imperspirabilis (1575 or earlier) < classical Latin im- im- prefix2 + post-classical Latin perspirabilis perspirable adj. Compare earlier perspirable adj.Compare Middle French, French †imperspirable (16th cent.; obsolete after the early 17th cent.).
Medicine. Obsolete.
Incapable of producing or allowing the passage of perspiration. Also: incapable of being eliminated as perspiration or through the pores.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > hardening or thickening > afflicted with
callosea1400
callousa1400
brawny1613
warded1658
imperspirable1668
callused1714
calloused1746
waulked1786
hoofed1828
horn-fisted1929
1668 E. Maynwaring Treat. Consumptions 43 The Pores are occluded and imperspirable.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xviii. 663 The humors are condensed, the skin made imperspirable [L. imperspirabilis].
1744 tr. H. Boerhaave Acad. Lect. Theory Physic III. 299 A Cicatrix or imperspirable Crust is formed, instead of the Cuticle.
1753 J. Lind Treat. Scurvy ii. vi. 298 The effects of such viscid imperspirable food are particularly described by Sanctorius.
1837 D. Craigie Elements Pract. Physic I. i. ii. 159 The skin is hot, dry, and imperspirable.
1894 J. A. Hansey Cent. Cook Bk. 292 Should this treatment fail, and there be a dry imperspirable skin,..frequent draughts of flaxseed tea should be taken.

Derivatives

imperspirability n. rare the fact or condition of being imperspirable.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening
callosity?a1425
callousness1634
imperspirability1745
hyperkeratosis1841
scleroderma1873
sclerodermia1873
parakeratosis1885
acanthosis1887
tylosis1890
lichenification1892
sclerœdema1932
1745 J. Mitchell in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 144 The Thickness and Density of the Skins of black and tawny People, or Imperspirability of their Bodies.
1789 W. Cullen Treat. Materia Medica I. ii. 389 I took notice above..of Dr Keill's opinion of the imperspirability of oysters, which are a substance somewhat similar to that of fishes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019).
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