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单词 pneumatize
释义

pneumatizev.

Brit. /ˈnjuːmətʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uməˌtaɪz/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πνευματ- , πνεῦμα , -ize suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πνευματ-, πνεῦμα (see pneuma n.) + -ize suffix, after pneumatized adj.
Anatomy and Zoology.
transitive. To provide with air-filled cavities, to render pneumatic (pneumatic adj. 3b).
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with air-cavities
pneumatize1949
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [verb (transitive)] > form or enclose in bag-like part
encyst1845
pneumatize1949
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > convert into steel > processes involved in
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pneumatize1949
1949 L. R. Boies et al. Fund. Otolaryngol. i. 11 The temporal bone is pneumatized by the extension of an epithelial sac from the middle ear into the bone marrow.
1963 Evolution 17 583/1 The upper part of the tuba pneumatizes almost all the space between the pterygoid and the pleurosphenoid.
2002 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 8454/1 The ethmoid sinuses of humans and African apes are a group of epithelially lined cavities that pneumatize the ethmoid lateral mass.

Derivatives

ˈpneumatizing n. and adj.
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1949 L. R. Boies et al. Fund. Otolaryngol. i. 12 Any interference with..development will cause a cessation of the pneumatizing process.
1999 Neurosurgery 45 376 These mucoceles may originate from pneumatizing air cells in the anterior clinoid processes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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