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单词 ptyalism
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ptyalismn.

Brit. /ˈtʌɪəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtaɪəlɪz(ə)m/
Forms:

α. 1600s–1800s ptyalismus, 1700s ptyalysmus.

β. 1600s– ptyalism.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ptyalismus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin ptyalismus (1668 in the passage translated in quot. 1681) < ancient Greek πτυαλισμός salivation < πτυαλίζειν to salivate ( < πτύαλον spittle, saliva ( < πτύειν to spit (ultimately < the same Indo-European base as spew v.) + -αλον , suffix forming nouns) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -ισμός -ism suffix. Compare French ptyalisme (1704).
Medicine.
Excessive salivation; an instance of this. Also: any condition characterized by excessive salivation, esp. that produced by the medicinal administration of mercury (now historical).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [noun] > disordered salivation
ptyalism1676
sweet-spittle1817
1676 J. Locke Jrnl. 18 Aug. in K. Dewhurst John Locke (1963) 73 Those who were cured without ptyalism had after it no ill symptoms.
1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Ess. Pathol. Brain ix. 63 As to the Ptyalismus [L. ptyalismum], or copious spitting, with the stinking breath, which was wont to return at uncertain intervalls, we do suppose, that might perchance proceed from Mercury sometime secretly given.
1696 G. Harvey Treat. Small-pox & Measles (new ed.) xv. 98 A Ptyalismus or salivation happening sometimes, signifies the danger of the Small-pox to be past.
c1734 D. Hume Lett. (1932) I. 12 It was what they call a Ptyalism or Watryness in the mouth.
1836 London Med. Gaz. 17 671/2 Hydriodate of potash is stated in a few instances to have occasioned severe ptyalism, with affection of the gums, teeth and breath.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 179 Moderate use of mercury, short of ptyalism.
1937 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 24 292 An infusion of the inner bark of the root has been recommended for mercurial ptyalism.
1992 P. O'Brian Truelove v. 144 Strong mercurial ointment on shoulder and back..to induce ptyalism, even more speedily, the patient received the smoke of cinnabar into the mouth.
2004 Jrnl. Amer. Animal Hosp. Assoc. 40 230 A 10-week-old, male German shepherd dog was presented with a primary complaint of episodic ptyalism.

Derivatives

ptyalize v. Obsolete (transitive) to induce excessive salivation in (a patient), esp. by the administration of mercury; to mercurialize.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > cause to salivate
flux1666
salivate1669
ptyalize1842
1842 Lancet 3 Sept. 787/2 There was a very marked abatement in all his symptoms, and he became slightly ptyalised.
1846 Lancet 7 Nov. 497/2 Shortly after this date, she applied at St. Peter's Hospital, and was there blistered, and by her description, also slightly ptyalized.
1874 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics 328 It is not necessary to ptyalize the patient severely.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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