单词 | tympanism |
释义 | tympanismn. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > by the rack rackinga1513 stretching-torture1599 tympanism1661 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Tympanism..a kind of torturing, used by the Jews, by beating one to death with Cudgels or Drum-sticks, Heb. 11. 35. 2 Mac. 6. 19. 2. Pathology. (See quot. 1890, and cf. tympanites n.) ΚΠ 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Tympanism, state of being distended with gas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1661 |
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