单词 | after-cure |
释义 | > as lemmasafter-cure after-cure n. Brit. /ˈɑːftəkjʊə/ , /ˈɑːftəkjɔː/ , /ˈaftəkjʊə/ , /ˈaftəkjɔː/ , U.S. /ˈæftərˌkjʊ(ə)r/ now rare a further course of medical treatment, esp. one given during or after residence at a spa (cf. cure n.1 10); treatment of this kind.In quot. 1749 perhaps: a lasting or permanent cure.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > after-treatment aftercare1629 after-cure1741 after-treatment1779 mobilization1901 1741 J. Seacome Memoirs 17/2 The Abbot of Westminster..thought it better to use Preventing-Phisick, than stand the hazard of an After-Cure. 1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air II. 397 Quinsies, Pleurisies, or other inflammatory Epidemics,..not only demand large, but repeated Bleedings, as the only Basis of an After-Cure. 1872 Lancet 6 Apr. 460/2 They [sc. bath doctors]..knew something of the baths which they could recommend after their own as after-cures. 1901 W. James Let. 6 Aug. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 199 We leave here on Saturday..and take the after-cure in the Vosges. 1991 J. de Baïracli-Levy Compl. Herbal Handbk. Farm & Stable (ed. 4) iv. 233 As an after-cure once the colic pains have subsided, a strong dose of powdered charcoal in milk is excellent. < as lemmas |
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