broma

源自古希臘語 βρῶμα (brôma, “食物”)。

(我們能否查找並添加Dunglison引用過本詞的語句？)


cholera

源自拉丁语 cholera (“胆汁病”) ←古希腊语 χολή (kholḗ, “胆汁”)。

霍乱，人类和家畜的急性传染病，由霍乱弧菌通过摄入受污染的水或食物引起。通常表现为严重的胃肠道症状，如腹泻、腹部绞痛、恶心、呕吐和脱水。


insomnia

源自拉丁語 in- (“没有，无”) + somnus (“睡眠”, 名词) + -ia。

My mother suffers from insomnia.


ecstasy

源自古法語 estaise (“狂喜”)，源自拉丁語 ecstasis，源自古希臘語 ἔκστασις (ékstasis)，源自ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “取代”)，源自ἐκ (ek, “出，外”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “站”)。

ecstacy, exstacy, exstasy, extacy, extasy

The instant I drew out my case of instruments, the lady roused herself from her ecstasy, and has never had a similar attack.

1822 April, John Ware, “Dr. Reid's Essays on Hypochondriasis”, 出自 The New-England Journal of Medicine and Surgery, 卷 11, 號 2，頁號 185:

Ecstasy bears a strong resemblance to catalepsy: in both cases the patients, during the paroxysm, lose all connexion with the physical world, being deprived of sense and voluntary motion; but in ecstasy, associations of the most pleasing and enchanting nature are established with an ideal existence in an unknown region, which might perhaps be poetically designated the fairy land of an undescried Elysium.

1835 May 2, Andrew Ellis, “Clinical Lecture on a case of Catalepsy, Occurring in the Jervis-Street Hospital, Dublin”, 出自 The Lancet, 卷 2，頁號 130:

In ecstasy the mind is absorbed with some fixed idea, generally of a religious character, and the patient becomes oblivious of surrounding events and objects.

1885, James Ross, Handbook of the Diseases of the Nervous System，頁號 344:


palliative

源自中古法語 palliatif，源自新拉丁語 *palliātīvus，源自中世紀拉丁語 palliō (“遮盖”)，源自拉丁語 pallium (“披风”)。

more palliative (comparative)
most palliative (superlative)


palliative

治标的事物，尤指治标药物

The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

放疗和化疗只是治标手段。

Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another...

1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], 章號 XXVIII, 出自 Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], 卷 II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC，頁號 66:


complexion

源自中古英語 complexion (“气质，性格”)，源自古法語 complexion（法語 complexion），源自中世紀拉丁語 complexiō (“气质，性格”)，源自complector，complexus (“缠绕，围绕”)的过去分词。

体液学说中，4种体液所构成的“气质”

Ne ever is he wont on ought to feed / But todes and frogs, his pasture poysonous, / Which in his cold complexion doe breed / A filthy blood […]

1590, 埃德蒙·斯宾塞, “Book III, Canto X”, 出自 仙后（The Faerie Qveene . […]）, London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 卷 (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC:


stethoscope

借自法語 stéthoscope，由听诊器发明者，雷奈克医生所造，等价于stetho- + -scope。


relapse

源自拉丁語 relapsus，relabi (“向后滑，掉回”)的过去分词，源自re- (“反，往后”) + labi (“滑，落”)。

反复，复发，恶化 （在好转一段时间后）


sedentary

源自中古法語 sédentaire，源自拉丁語 sedentārius (“坐着的”)，源自sedeō (“坐”)。

more sedentary (comparative)
most sedentary (superlative)

[…]the Egyptians; whose Sages were not sedentary, scholastic Sophists, like the Grecian[…]

1765 [1738], Bishop William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated，頁號 220:

[…]that any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect, that the body as well as the mind should be cultivated[…]

1844 October 3, Benjamin Disraeli, The Acquirement of Knowledge, An address delivered to the members of the Manchester Athenæum:


delirious

源自delirium + -ous，参见拉丁語 delirus (“愚蠢的，糊涂的，疯狂的”)。

more delirious (comparative)
most delirious (superlative)

/dɪˈlɪɹɪ.əs/

/dɪˈlɪəɹɪ.əs/

[…]the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, and, in a half delirious state of mind, he felt like leaping mountains to raise prostrate female forms, and to become blessed with hymeneal joys of the most glorious character; but, his imagination soon forsook him, and a raging fever, accompanied by the most violent deadly delirium, ensued, which lasted a fortnight.

1872, Simon Mohler Landis, The Social War, Chapter III: Deacon Stew raves at Lucinda's Love for Victor:


washout

wash out 的動詞派生詞。

washaway

冲刷造成的侵蚀；冲出来的水渠

冲洗；冲洗液；冲洗出的物体

a bladder washout


discography

/ˌdɪsˈkɒɡɹəfi/

/ˌdɪsˈkɑɡɹəfi/


foment

源自中古英語 fomenten，借自古法語 fomenter，源自晚期拉丁語 fomentare，源自拉丁語 fōmentum (“润肤液”)，源自fovere (“加热；珍爱”)。

The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.

1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton (2005), page 1178,


fulminating

more fulminating (comparative)
most fulminating (superlative)


foudroyant

more foudroyant (comparative)
most foudroyant (superlative)


indolence

:(1603) < 法语 indolence（“对痛的麻木”） < 拉丁语 indolentia（“无感觉”） < in-（“无”） + dolere（“悲痛”）。


prosthetics

弥补术，医学的一个分支，用于人工修复缺失的身体部位。


palpable

more palpable (comparative)
most palpable (superlative)


blistering

发疱疗法 （在皮肤上引起水疱来加速血流帮助愈合的疗法）

Inflammations are treated generally by allopathic practitioners by bleedings, blisterings, purgings, vomitings, Antimony and Mercury: and this is practised, more or less, with little variation, wherever the seat of the inflammation may be.

1852, The American Journal of Homoeopathy, 卷s 7-9，頁號 99:


preceptor

源自中古英語 preceptor、preceptur，源自拉丁語 praeceptor (“命令者；指示者”)，源自动词praecipiō + -or (施动者名词后缀)，源自prae- (“预先”) + capiō (“拿，得到，吸收；理解”)。

（训练学生或护士的）医师 （自19世纪）

同類詞： orientee


EMS

emergency medical service：向公众提供紧急医疗服务的组织，通常为政府的一部分。


-ee

源自盎格魯-諾曼語和古法語 -ee、法語 -é、-ée，构成以-er结尾的动词的过去分词的后缀。-ate的同源對似詞。

-ed

添加至及物动词后表示该动词的接受者，受动者。

-er

添加至及物动词后表示该动词的接受者，受动者。

-or

用于构成表示合同或其他交易的另一方，与以-or结尾的一方相对。

用于构成表示经历了某种医学过程的人的名词。

laryngectomy (“喉头切除术”) + -ee → laryngectomee (“喉头切除患者”)


carus

源自古希臘語 κάρος (káros, “沉睡”)。


blood work

Some medications require blood work to monitor for possible side effects.

有些药物需要患者做血液检查，来监测可能的副作用。

2012, William Marchand, Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Your Guide to Recovery，頁號 275:


parasomnia

源自para- (“超越，在...之上；异常”) + 拉丁語 somnus (“睡眠”)。


hypercalcemia

hyper- + calcemia = hyper- + calc- + -emia


hypocalcemia

hypo- + calcemia = hypo- + calc- + -emia


normocalcemia

normo- + calcemia = normo- + calc- + -emia。


hypokalemia

hypo- + kalemia = hypo- + kal(ium) + -emia


debilitant

致人虛弱的物質；過度興奮的補救藥物