| 单词 | liver spot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliver spot liver spot n. [after post-classical Latin macula hepatica (1676 in the passage translated in quot. 1684), itself perhaps after German Leberfleck (1527)] a freckle-like pigmented macule found on sun-exposed skin in older people (often erroneously attributed to liver disease); a senile lentigo. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark spotOE markOE tachea1400 macula?a1425 ruby1542 plotch1548 flea-biting1552 fleck1598 blanch1608 staina1616 naeve1619 neve1624 dark1637 sunspot1651 pip1676 liver spot1684 beauty spot1795 heat-spot1822 spilus1822 ink-spot1839 punctation1848 punctuation1848 macule1864 soldier's spots1874 pock1894 mouche1959 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis: Second Pt. in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 153 These at certain times, as I have observed in many, being wont to arise in certain parts and vanish again, are commonly called Liver-spots [L. maculæ Hepaticæ; 1685, 1689 Liver-marks], and those most markt with them are thought to have a Liver less sound, or at least not well sanguifying. 1754 R. Brookes Introd. Physic & Surg. 60 Hepatic or Liver Spots are of a livid, lurid, or blackish Colour, of the Size of the Palm of the Hand. 1883 G. Harley Treat. Dis. Liver xxv. 1061 Among a few practitioners of the old school one hears a good deal about the diagnostic value of what are called liver-spots. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 17/1 (advt.) Tan or liver spots positively removed by using Stillman's Freckle Cream. 2000 Daily Tel. 3 May 20/3 I have developed a number of brown spots that have been described as ‘age spots’ or ‘liver spots’. < as lemmas |
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