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anoxia [anoxia 词源字典]: "An absence of oxygen", 1930s: from an-¹ + ox(ygen) + -ia¹.[anoxia etymology, anoxia origin, 英语词源]
adipocyte: "A cell specialized for the storage of fat, found in connective tissue", 1930s: from adipose + -cyte.
afebrile: "Not feverish", Late 19th century: from a-¹ 'not' + febrile.
adenosine: "A compound consisting of adenine combined with ribose, present in all living tissue in combined form as nucleotides", Early 20th century: blend of adenine and ribose.
abruption: "The sudden breaking away of a portion from a mass", Early 17th century: from Latin abruptio(n)-, from abrumpere 'break off' (see abrupt).
aslope: "In a sloping position", Late Middle English: origin uncertain; this form appears earlier than slope.
amide: "An organic compound containing the group —C(O)NH2, derived from ammonia by replacement of a hydrogen atom by an acyl group", Mid 19th century: from ammonia + -ide.
abstentious: "Abstinent", Mid 19th cent. From abstenti- + -ous, after contentious.
acatalepsy: "Unknowability, incomprehensibility, originally as a characteristic of all things, according to the ancient Sceptics. Hence also: scepticism, profession of ignorance", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Gilbert Watts (d. 1657), Church of England clergyman and translator. From post-classical Latin acatalepsia from Hellenistic Greek ἀκαταληψία impossibility of direct apprehension from ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος that cannot be reached or touched, in Hellenistic Greek also incomprehensible, not comprehending + -ία; compare -lepsy.
aquaponics: "A system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic creatures supplies the nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water", 1930s (in the sense 'hydroponics'): blend of aqua- and hydroponics.
adventive: "That comes from outside or from some external source; extrinsically added; extraneous; foreign", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Francis Bacon (1561–1626), lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher. From post-classical Latin adventivus (of a dowry) not derived from parents, of foreign origin from classical Latin advent-, past participial stem of advenīre + -īvus. Compare Middle French, French adventif.
Acanthocephala: "A small phylum of parasitic invertebrates that comprises the thorny-headed worms", Modern Latin (plural), from acantho- 'thornlike' + Greek kephalē 'head'.
aerobe: "A microorganism which grows in the presence of air or requires oxygen for growth", Late 19th century: coined in French from Greek aēr + bios 'life'.
adoral: "Relating to or denoting the side or end where the mouth is situated", Late 19th century: from ad- 'at' + oral.
after-sensation: "A sensation that persists or recurs after the stimulus which gave rise to it ceases", Early 19th cent. From after- + sensation.
acroscopic: "Chiefly Botany . Situated on the side of or facing an apex", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Hans Busk (1772–1862), scholar and poet. From acro- + -scopic.
alinasal: "A lateral expansion of the nostrils or of the nasal bone; also as adjective", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in William K. Parker (1823–1890), comparative anatomist and zoologist.
adjuvant: "(Of therapy) applied after initial treatment for cancer, especially to suppress secondary tumour formation", Late 16th century: from Latin adjuvant- 'helping towards', from the verb adjuvare, from ad- 'towards' + juvare to 'help'.
anapaest: "A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable", Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos 'reversed', from ana- 'back' + paiein 'strike' (because it is the reverse of a dactyl).
arthrosis: " Anatomy . Articulation (of bones), specifically by a joint which permits movement; an instance of this; a joint of this kind. Compare earlier diarthrosis, enarthrosis, synarthrosis. Now rare", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), physician and astrologer. From post-classical Latin arthrosis from Hellenistic Greek ἄρθρωσις compact connection, articulation (of speech) from ancient Greek ἀρθροῦν to utter distinctly, (passive) to be jointed (from ἄρθρον joint: see arthro-) + -ωσις.