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arteriotomy [arteriotomy 词源字典]: "The operation of cutting into or opening an artery (in early use especially for the purpose of bloodletting); an instance of this", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Johnson (d. 1644), apothecary and soldier. From Middle French, French artériotomie and its etymon post-classical Latin arteriotomia operation of cutting into an artery from Hellenistic Greek ἀρτηριοτομία from ἀρτηριο- + ancient Greek -τομία.[arteriotomy etymology, arteriotomy origin, 英语词源]
audio-lingual: "Of a theory or approach in the teaching of foreign languages: based on a system of drills in which the student repeats or adapts model sentences delivered orally or played aloud by the teacher", 1950s; earliest use found in Naugatuck (Connecticut) Daily News. From audio- + -lingual.
actinomorphic: "Characterized by radial symmetry, such as a starfish or the flower of a daisy", Late 19th century: from Greek aktis, aktin- 'ray' + morphē 'form' + -ic.
adosculation: "Impregnation or fertilization of an animal by the external contact of genital orifices, without intromission. Also: †fertilization of plants by pollination ( obsolete ). Also figurative and in extended use: mouth-to-mouth kissing. Now rare", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Nehemiah Grew (a1641–1712), botanist and physician. From post-classical Latin adosculat-, past participial stem of adosculari to keep on kissing + -ion.
actinography: "= radiography. Now historical", Mid 19th cent. From actino- + -graphy. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἀκτινογραϕία treatise on radiation. With sense 1 compare earlier photography.
acupunctuate: "To prick with a needle or pin; to administer acupuncture to", Mid 19th cent. Probably a back-formation from acupunctuation; compare -ate.
accelerograph: "A device or apparatus for measuring and recording acceleration; specifically a seismograph for recording large earth tremors by this means", Late 19th cent. From accelero- + -graph, after French accélérographe.
adversatively: "In an adversative manner; so as to express opposition", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Arthur Golding (d. 1606), translator. From adversative + -ly, after post-classical Latin adversative.
aggrievedness: "The quality or state of being aggrieved", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Carew (1555–1620), antiquary and poet. From aggrieved + -ness.
anthroposophy: "A formal educational, therapeutic, and creative system established by Rudolf Steiner, seeking to use mainly natural means to optimize physical and mental health and well-being", Early 20th century: from anthropo- + Greek sophia 'wisdom'.
alkyl: "Of or denoting a hydrocarbon radical derived from an alkane by removal of a hydrogen atom", Late 19th century: German, from Alkohol 'alcohol' + -yl.
agathodemonic: "Of or relating to an agathodemon; belonging to a beneficent spirit or divinity", Late 19th cent. From agathodemon + -ic, after German agathodämonisch.
adaptableness: "= adaptability", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Magazine of Natural History. From adaptable + -ness.
acquaintable: "Of a person: easy to be acquainted with; disposed to friendship; affable, amiable; (also) capable of being made an acquaintance. Occasionally †(of a thing): able to be known or proved ( obsolete )", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From acquaint + -able, originally after Middle French acointable, accointable (of a person) easy to be acquainted with, affable, amiable. In later (20th-cent.) use apparently independently re-formed, although the word is found in dictionaries in the 19th cent.
aggrandizable: "Capable of being aggrandized", Mid 19th cent. From aggrandize + -able.
acquirability: "The quality of being acquirable; (also occasionally) the capacity to acquire something", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Paley (1743–1805), theologian and moralist. From acquirable + -ity: see -bility.
agroecologist: "An expert or specialist in agroecology", 1930s.
agonarch: "A presiding authority at an agon or public celebration of games; a judge or overseer of proceedings. Also more generally: a master of revels", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From ancient Greek ἀγωνάρχης judge of a contest or games from ἀγών + -αρχης.
apastron: "The point in the path of a celestial object orbiting a star at which it is farthest from the star", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in William H. Smyth (1788–1865), naval officer and surveyor. From apo- + ancient Greek ἄστρον star, after aphelion.
ancylostomiasis: "Hookworm infection of the small intestine, often leading to anaemia", Late 19th century: from modern Latin Ancylostoma (from Greek ankulos 'crooked' + stoma 'mouth') + -iasis.