单词 | retrocedence |
释义 | retrocedencen. 1. Movement backwards; recession, regression, or retrogression. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] retreat1594 reciprocation1603 retrocession1642 retrogradation1644 disadvancing1659 retrocedence1703 retrogression1704 backening1748 backwarding1765 throwback1851 1703 J. Moyle Experienced Chirurgion iii. vi. 169 But here will be a Retrocedence, and Dissipation of the Spirits, from the margin of this Wound. 1796 R. Bage Hermsprong I. xxxv. 228 Love, like other chronic passions,..has its fits of progression and retrocedence, its hot and cold fits. 1869 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. 7 p. clv This skull shows more prominence of the brow ridges, but much less retrocedence in the frontal regions. 1906 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 52 617 33 showed considerable improvement, there being either arrest, quiescence, or retrocedence of disease. 1920 M. Roberts Warfare in Human Body ii. 37 During gestation and the retrocedence of the aged ovary there is great connective-tissue activity. 2003 Z. Simon Double-edged Sword iv. 71 Buchanan has his garage converted into a stable for polo ponies.., which is a sign not of retrocedence and technophobia, but of aristocratic eccentricity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > invasiveness > retrocession retrocession1716 retropulsion1740 retrocedence1858 1805 J. Parkinson Observ. Nature & Cure Gout viii. 136 The retrocedence of gout is frequently occasioned by apparently very trifling causes. 1846 W. E. Swaine tr. K. E. Hasse Anat. Descr. Dis. Organs Circulation & Respiration iii. 58 Arteritis is sometimes a consequence of the retrocedence of exanthematous diseases. 1858 W. Aitken Handbk. Sci. & Pract. Med. ii. 404 Besides metastasis to the stomach and intestines, this retrocedence may take place to other parts. 1863 A. B. Garrod Nature & Treatm. Gout (ed. 2) xiv. 520 When the heart is the seat of retrocedence, the same remedies may be applied at the commencement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1703 |
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