单词 | lacerability |
释义 | lacerabilityn. Chiefly Medicine. Now rare. The condition or property of being lacerable; the degree to which something is susceptible or prone to laceration. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > laceration > easily lacerated lacerability1826 1826 Q. Periscope Pract. Med. July in Medico-chirurg. Rev. 5 200 The follicular band..will be easily distinguished by its greater opacity—and by its greater lacerability. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 713/1 Simple lacerability is frequently set down to softening. 1900 Obstetr. Monthly Dec. 578 Extreme lacerability of membranes. 1936 Arch. Ophthalmol. 16 351 The necrosis of the iris is, however, the cause of its marked lacerability. 2014 J. Spengler tr. L. Müller White Magic i. iii. 71 Its [sc. a sheet of paper] pliability and foldability, its tear resistance and weight, its lacerability and shearability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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