Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīabrōsis n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīabrōsis n. |
| Etymology | ML (ult.Gr.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. Of veins: the condition of being corroded or eaten away.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)87b/a : Hete openiþ þe pores & blood woseþ out, and me seiþ þat it comeþ out by diabrosum, þat is bi swetinge.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)58/16,25 : Wheþer þe flowyng be made..of fretyng of þe veynez, þat is called diabrosis..flowyng of diabrosi is of hard curying.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diabrosis.