单词 | agalactic |
释义 | agalacticadj. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Unable to produce milk, esp. (of a sheep or goat) as a result of contagious agalactia. ΚΠ 1871 Med. Gaz. 6 279/1 This bottle, which is entitled the ‘Natural Nurser’, is worthy of the attention of medical practitioners in this age of agalactic maternity. 1889 Med. Rec. 16 Nov. 552/1 This agent [sc. electricity]..stops the pains of crying children, produces a copious flow of milk from agalactic mammæ, and in general is a wonderful and universal anæsthetic. 1975 Vet. Parasitol. 1 134 In the 1970 outbreak [of haemonchosis] the young lambs of severely affected and agalactic ewes became emaciated and died without evidence of anaemia. 2009 Res. Vet. Sci. 86 276/1 Thereafter, the yields continued to diminish and the goats were agalactic on that side by 20 dpi [= days post-inoculation]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1871 |
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