单词 | pyorrhoea |
释义 | pyorrhoeapyorrhean. Medicine. The discharge of pus; an instance of this; esp. (more fully pyorrhoea alveolaris) a severe form of periodontal disease accompanied by such discharge.Now rare in technical use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > discharge of putrid matter yousterc725 screevinga1400 gotour14.. mattering?c1450 gleet1535 ichor1651 discharge1678 gleeting1684 pyorrhoea1787 lymph1800 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > disorders of gums gumboil1753 pyorrhoea1787 gum-rash1822 epulis1859 gingivitis1860 periodontitis1870 sponginess1873 Riggs' disease1875 gingivostomatitis1900 periodontoclasia1914 periodontosis1936 1787 Quincy's Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 10) 696/2 Puorrhœa [1811 Pyorrhœa], a purulent discharge from the belly. 1875 Dental Cosmos 18 278 Your correspondent..while not very definite in his descriptions, is sufficiently so to indicate the disease as ‘pyorrhoea alveolaris’ of the French writers. 1887 J. Tomes & C. S. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. (ed. 3) 695 The discharge, which is a prominent symptom in the more acute cases, suggested the name pyorrhoea alveolaris, which has passed into general currency. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 25 Mar. 7/6 (advt.) Be suspicious of any tenderness or bleeding of the gums. This is usually the first stage of Pyorrhea—an insidious disease of the gums that destroys the teeth. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon ii. 298 Threatening him with gumboils, pyorrhea, septic poisoning, indigestion, and a complete set of false teeth. 1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xii. 93 The brick and mortar shaking loose like teeth with pyorrhoea. 1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Life section) p. ii/7 A pungent heavy breath is frequently due to bad teeth, decaying food in the dental cavities, or due to pyorrhoea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787 |
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