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单词 pompholyx
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pompholyxn.

Brit. /ˈpɒmfəlɪks/, U.S. /ˈpɑmfəˌlɪks/
Forms: 1500s–1800s pompholix, 1600s– pompholyx.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin pompholyg-, pompholyx; Greek πομϕολυγ-, πομϕόλυξ.
Etymology: < classical Latin pompholyg-, pompholyx zinc oxide (Pliny) and its etymon ancient Greek πομϕολυγ-, πομϕόλυξ bubble, in Hellenistic Greek also blister, zinc oxide < πομϕός pustule ( < the same base as ancient Greek πέμϕιξ breath, blast, in Hellenistic Greek also pustule: see pemphix n.) + a second element apparently of expressive origin. Compare Middle French, French †pompholyx zinc oxide (16th cent. in Paré).A connection has been suggested between ancient Greek πέμϕιξ, πομϕός and Lithuanian pampti to swell, pumpulis rounded object, bumbulas bulge, knob; the divergence in the forms may reflect the expressive nature of these words.
1. Chemistry. Crude zinc oxide, esp. as formed by sublimation in a furnace. Obsolete (historical in later use).
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > zinc > [noun] > compounds > flowers of zinc
pompholyx1543
nill1545
soot1611
botrytis1657
1543 B. Traheron Interpr. Straunge Wordes in tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. sig. §§.iiv/1 Tutia is called in Greke, Pompholix... For it is that, that bubbleth vp in brasse, whan it is boyled, and cleueth to the sydes, or couer of the fornace.
1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f.8 Next to this are placed Spodium, Pompholix, Psoicum & Chrisocolla, medicens of suttle substance, without any smarting heate.
1610 E. Gardiner Triall of Tabacco 24 The vse of verdigrease,..Pompholyx, litharge, ceruse & the like all these are vsed with good successe to outward vlcers & sores.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pompholix [1706 Pompholyx], a small and volatile spark, which whilest Brass is trying in the Furnace, flies upwards and adheres to the upper part of the Furnace.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Prick in foot The Ointment of Pompholix is also an excellent Remedy for Oxen that are prick'd in the Feet.
a1775 J. H. Hampe Exper. Syst. Metall. (1777) 161 A zinc-sublimate: it settles on the crucibles in which brass is made. It resembles the pompholyx of the antients.
1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 771 The whiter parts of such oxide used to be called pompholix, and the gray..portions, tutty.
1920 Sci. Monthly Sept. 209 The waste dust of the lead, copper and silver smelting works was especially prized by the old alchemists. This dust, described under such names as cadmia, tutia, magnesia, tephra, pompholyx, [etc.].
2. Medicine. The occurrence of vesicles or small blisters on the skin, esp. of the palms and fingers or of the feet; eczema or dermatitis characterized by such vesicles.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > blister
bladderc1000
blistera1400
blurec1440
blurrea1529
water wheal1530
vesication1543
phlycten1585
psydracium1585
water bladder1587
bleb1607
phlyzacium1693
bullule1707
vesicle1799
pompholyx1808
water blister1821
blab1861
bulla1877
papulovesicle1877
vesicula1877
dermoid1897
1808 R. Willan On Cutaneous Dis. 544 The Pompholyx is an eruption of Bullæ,..without any inflammation around them, and without fever.
1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 772/2 Fox's dysidrosis, Hutchinson's cheiro-pompholyx, and Robinson's pompholyx are the same disease.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 751 In addition to the typical pompholyx vesicle, sudamina are often present.
1952 Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. 64 402 (title) Sweat ducts and the pompholyx vesicle.
1988 Acta Dermato-venereologica 68 402 The relationship between pompholyx and contact allergy to nickel was confirmed.
2003 Guardian 22 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 47/2 You may have pompholyx eczema, which causes itchy, weepy blisters on the palm of the hand and is caused by stress and poor diet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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