单词 | lachrymogenic |
释义 | lachrymogenicadj. Causing (excessive) production of tears; of or relating to the production of tears. Cf. lachrymatory adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [adjective] > watery or gummy > causing lachrymogenic1907 1907 J. W. S. Gouley Dining & its Amenities xvii. 245 Again taste ye these lachrymogenic, mouth puckering, throat corrugating, sternutatory dainties and take your choice among the names. 1917 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 20 Oct. 772/1 It is said that a Harvard professor of chemistry is making experiments with lachrymogenic gas for use in the trenches. 1971 Jrnl. Agric. & Food Chem. 19 269/2 Thioethanol, thioacetone, thiobutanal, and thiohexanal S-oxides were also synthesized and their lachrymogenic properties were evaluated. 1983 R. Meredith in M. J. Bojrab et al. Current Techniques Small Animal Surg. (ed. 2) vi. 54/2 Effective tear volume can be increased by instillations of lacrimomimetic or mucomimetic agents to supplement existing tears and by the stimulation of endogenous aqueous secretion with lacrimogenic agents. 2013 A. J. H. Sharp Fortunate iii. 40 She seems to have a lachrymogenic effect on her patients. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1907 |
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