| 单词 | virtue of expulsion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvirtue of expulsion b. In physiological use. Formerly spec.; now contextual. †virtue of expulsion = expulsive virtue at expulsive adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > letting or forcing out (a substance, etc.) > [noun] expulsionc1400 ejaculation1603 expulsation1615 transpiration1707 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A) 168 In þe clooþ þat is wiþoutforþ þere ben longe villis and þat makiþ expulcioun. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 194 In morphea þe vertu of expulcion is strong. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cci A body..may nat grow by the vertue of such degestion without expulsion. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §353 The Bringing forth of Living Creatures may be Accelerated..if there be some cause from the Mothers Body of Expulsion or putting it down. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 359 Soft Liquors drank plentifully..promote the Expulsion of the Stone Gravel. 1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 392 The alternate admission and expulsion of air..in Insects. < as lemmas |
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