单词 | posseting |
释义 | possetingn.1 The action (by a baby) of regurgitating a small amount of milk or food during or shortly after a feed. Also: an instance of this. Cf. posset v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting > types of vomiting posseting1781 hyperemesis1811 tyremesis1842 projectile vomiting1850 tyrosis1853 hyperemesis gravidarum1873 1781 W. Moss Ess. Managem. & Nursing of Children 112 If a child overloads his stomach at the breast,..he is relieved by posseting; but the posseting seldom happens with a child who is dry-nursed. 1880 W. Roberts Digestive Ferments 31 The posseting which we see in infants goes on in a less degree in the adult. 1981 Arch. Dis. Childhood 56 346/2 Six children had persistent posseting consistent with gastro-oesophaegeal reflux. 2003 L. Miall et al. Paediatrics at Glance xix. 52 In infants it is important to differentiate posseting from serious vomiting. With significant vomiting the child will look ill and be failing to gain weight. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † possetingn.2 Obsolete. rare. The action of making a posset (posset n. 1). ΚΠ 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. xiii. 272 She broke off to go posseting for her dear invalid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11781n.21859 |
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