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单词 peloid
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peloidn.

Brit. /ˈpiːlɔɪd/, /ˈpɛlɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɛlˌɔɪd/
Forms: 1900s– peloid, 2000s– peloide (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πηλός , -oid suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πηλός clay, mud (see pelo- comb. form) + -oid suffix.
1. Any semi-solid substance used in pelotherapy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > other soils
white earth1448
Chiltern?1530
light land1589
deads1653
rosil1691
moorland1753
prairie soil1817
residuum1828
rendzina1905
podzol1908
solonetz1924
solod1925
solonchak1925
pedalfer1928
pedocal1928
skeletal soil1932
peloid1933
sierozem1934
planosol1938
lithosol1939
regosol1949
andosol1958
Alfisol1960
Aridisol1960
Histosol1960
Spodosol1960
Andisol1978
1933 S. J. Lewis in Arch. Med. Hydrol. 11 181 (heading) Semi-solid bath media or ‘peloids’.
1933 S. J. Lewis in Arch. Med. Hydrol. 11 265/1 The word Peloid (Greek, πηλος) should be used as a generic name for all forms of muds, moors, etc... Artificial preparations might be described as artificial peloids.
1953 W. Kosmath Brit. Patent 695,916 This invention relates to a method for the manufacture of therapeutically effective agents for peloids, which term is here intended to mean bog peat, organic slimes, muds, clays formed by weathering, marl and the like.
2001 Soap Perfumery & Cosmetics (Nexis) 1 Apr. 67 The presence of sulphur in the organic components of slime.., and of iron in the inorganic ones, provide [sic] peloids with properties which are very interesting in the treatment of dermatological diseases with thermal muds.
2. Geology. A minute particle of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline carbonate.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [noun] > crystal structure > specific form
needlestone1805
rose1851
spodiosite1887
rosette1905
sand-barite1906
allotriomorph1914
desert rose1929
rock rose1933
peloid1963
1963 E. McKee Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 475 -c. 21/2 Grains within the limestone range in size from fine to very coarse and consist of both bioclasts and peloids (intraformational clastic particles), commonly in an aphanitic calcite matrix.
1972 Nature 25 Feb. p. ix./1 (advt.) Petrography of carbonate grains: oöids, pisolites, peloids and other micritic fabrics.
1991 Sea Frontiers Feb. 38 (caption) Brightly colored minerals such as olivine, the concentric rings of ooids, and brown peloids..are clearly revealed when polarized light is shined through a superthin slice of rock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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