单词 | vegetablization |
释义 | vegetablizationn. 1. The action of vegetablize v. 1. rare. ΚΠ 1940 Isis 32 223 Work in the analysis of the embryonic stages in the eggs of sea urchins by methods of isolation of parts, fusion of embryos,..exogastrulation by lithium, and animalization, and vegetabilization. 2. The action or fact of rendering a person docile or passive by impairing his or her intellectual function. Cf. vegetablize v. 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > other miscellaneous treatments majoration1626 relaxant1661 diaeresis1706 blistering1711 Perkinism1798 tranquillizing1801 tractoration1803 tractorism1827 moxibustion1833 traction1841 remediation1850 moxocausis1857 bed-rest1872 aerotherapeutics1876 aerotherapy1876 metallotherapy1877 block1882 counter-irritation1882 bacteriotherapy1886 mechanotherapy1890 mobilization1890 seismotherapy1901 bacterization1902 replacement therapy1902 biotherapy1912 occupational therapy1915 protein therapy1917 psychophysicotherapeutics1922 recovery programme1922 plombage1933 bacteriostasis1936 oestrogenization1960 hyperalimentation1962 vegetablization1963 pain management1966 palliative care1967 gene therapy1970 1963 P. Bien L. P. Hartley vi. 222 The ‘vegetablization’ of psychotics. 1972 N.Y. Times Mag. 30 Apr. 48/3 The vegetablization of patients whose hospital doors not only don't revolve, but never open at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1940 |
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