malacian.

Brit.

/məˈleɪʃ(ɪ)ə/, U.S.

/məˈleɪʃ(i)ə/

Forms: 1600s malacy, 1600s– malacia.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin malacia; Greek μαλακία.

Etymology: In sense 1 < classical Latin malacia a disorder of the stomach, especially as experienced by pregnant women (glossed by Oxf. Lat. Dict. as ‘sickness, nausea’ but interpreted by earlier authors as denoting a craving for unusual or unnatural foods) < ancient Greek μαλακία softness, homosexual desire, sickness < μαλακός soft (see malaco- comb. form) + -ία -ia suffix¹. In sense 2 probably directly < ancient Greek μαλακία softness; compare malacosteon n., osteomalacia n., encephalomalacia n. at encephalo- comb. form .Compare Italian malacia (a1565), French malacia (1694 in sense 1 (although as an unnaturalized Latin term in 1585), 1845 in sense 2), malacie (1732 in sense 1, 1855 in sense 2).

Medicine.

1. Abnormal craving for certain kinds of food. Formerly also: †queasiness, nausea (obsolete). Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > depraved appetite

pica1563

green sickness1596

malacia1656

pique1678

dirt-eating1817

geophagy1821

earth hunger1857

geophagia1863

coprophagy1891

parorexia1897

coprophagia1906

trichophagia1909

trichophagy1963

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Malacy.., the inordinate lusting of women with child.

1657 Physical Dict. Malacia,..a corrupt appetite,..which is the cause of longings in women.

1668 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Riverius Pract. Physick ix. iii Pica and Malacia are a depraved Appetite; by which, evil, unprofitable and hurtful things are desired.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Malacia, a queasiness, or squeamishness of Stomach.

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 137/1 Cachexia, malacia, or pica Africanorum... This is a disease which often produces the most extensive ravages among the slaves in the West-Indies.

1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 375 Malacia denotes a morbid craving for certain articles of food, or articles which are not devoid of nutrition, whereas, pica denotes a desire for innutritious substances.

1897 M. Einhorn in Twentieth Cent. Pract. VIII. 314 Malacia: an increased desire for spiced foodstuffs, as for instance mustard, salad, vinegar, green fruits, etc.

1947 H. von Hentig Crime v. 117 Older medical science had a special term for this disorder, calling it malacia, a form of ‘pica’... Medieval law regarded the theft of fruit or fish by a pregnant woman as excusable.

1998 M. Mauldon tr. J.-K. Huysmans Against Nature 7 He had tasted the feasts of the flesh, with the appetite of a capricious man who suffers from malacia.

2. Abnormal softening or loss of density of a tissue or organ, now esp. of the brain, spinal cord, or tracheobronchial cartilage.More common as a suffix: see -malacia comb. form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > softening

softening1655

mollities1807

ramollissement1826

mollescence1829

malacia1889

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Malacia, a tenderness of Body.]

1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Malacia, morbid softening of a tissue or part.

1975 Amer. Jrnl. Vet. Res. 36 1529 Both solutions given by intramedullary injection caused severe spinal cord malacia.

1998 Jrnl. Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 12 145 Endoscopy in an awake patient is the only way to evaluate the functional component of a compression due to malacia; the resulting collapse of the airway can cause trapping of air and secretions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	malacia
释义	malacian. Brit. /məˈleɪʃ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /məˈleɪʃ(i)ə/ Forms: 1600s malacy, 1600s– malacia. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin malacia; Greek μαλακία. Etymology: In sense 1 < classical Latin malacia a disorder of the stomach, especially as experienced by pregnant women (glossed by Oxf. Lat. Dict. as ‘sickness, nausea’ but interpreted by earlier authors as denoting a craving for unusual or unnatural foods) < ancient Greek μαλακία softness, homosexual desire, sickness < μαλακός soft (see malaco- comb. form) + -ία -ia suffix¹. In sense 2 probably directly < ancient Greek μαλακία softness; compare malacosteon n., osteomalacia n., encephalomalacia n. at encephalo- comb. form .Compare Italian malacia (a1565), French malacia (1694 in sense 1 (although as an unnaturalized Latin term in 1585), 1845 in sense 2), malacie (1732 in sense 1, 1855 in sense 2). Medicine. 1. Abnormal craving for certain kinds of food. Formerly also: †queasiness, nausea (obsolete). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > depraved appetite pica1563 green sickness1596 malacia1656 pique1678 dirt-eating1817 geophagy1821 earth hunger1857 geophagia1863 coprophagy1891 parorexia1897 coprophagia1906 trichophagia1909 trichophagy1963 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Malacy.., the inordinate lusting of women with child. 1657 Physical Dict. Malacia,..a corrupt appetite,..which is the cause of longings in women. 1668 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Riverius Pract. Physick ix. iii Pica and Malacia are a depraved Appetite; by which, evil, unprofitable and hurtful things are desired. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Malacia, a queasiness, or squeamishness of Stomach. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 137/1 Cachexia, malacia, or pica Africanorum... This is a disease which often produces the most extensive ravages among the slaves in the West-Indies. 1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 375 Malacia denotes a morbid craving for certain articles of food, or articles which are not devoid of nutrition, whereas, pica denotes a desire for innutritious substances. 1897 M. Einhorn in Twentieth Cent. Pract. VIII. 314 Malacia: an increased desire for spiced foodstuffs, as for instance mustard, salad, vinegar, green fruits, etc. 1947 H. von Hentig Crime v. 117 Older medical science had a special term for this disorder, calling it malacia, a form of ‘pica’... Medieval law regarded the theft of fruit or fish by a pregnant woman as excusable. 1998 M. Mauldon tr. J.-K. Huysmans Against Nature 7 He had tasted the feasts of the flesh, with the appetite of a capricious man who suffers from malacia. 2. Abnormal softening or loss of density of a tissue or organ, now esp. of the brain, spinal cord, or tracheobronchial cartilage.More common as a suffix: see -malacia comb. form. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > softening softening1655 mollities1807 ramollissement1826 mollescence1829 malacia1889 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Malacia, a tenderness of Body.] 1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Malacia, morbid softening of a tissue or part. 1975 Amer. Jrnl. Vet. Res. 36 1529 Both solutions given by intramedullary injection caused severe spinal cord malacia. 1998 Jrnl. Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 12 145 Endoscopy in an awake patient is the only way to evaluate the functional component of a compression due to malacia; the resulting collapse of the airway can cause trapping of air and secretions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -malaciacomb. form < n.1656 see also
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