单词 | liver pill |
释义 | > as lemmasliver pill liver pill n. (a) any of various proprietary pills, typically with purgative properties, taken for the relief of symptoms attributed to the liver; cf. hepatic adj. 3; (b) a pill containing powdered desiccated liver, used in the treatment of pernicious anaemia. ΚΠ 1814 Times 23 Dec. 4/3 Celebrated bilious remedy.—Hepatic, or liver pills. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat 2 I had just been reading a patent liver-pill circular. 1958 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 25 899/1 Since June 1956 she had received ‘liver injections’ and had taken ‘liver pills’. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 5 Sept. 27 As a child he was anaemic, and was prescribed a special diet of liver pills and regular rests. < as lemmas |
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