Middle English Dictionary Entry
inā̆nī̆ciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | inā̆nī̆ciǒun n. Also inanisioun, innaniscioun, jnnaniscoun. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. (a) Of the body, bodily parts or organs: the condition of being void of blood, humors, fluids; emptiness; (b) the pathological draining or depletion of blood, humors, or bodily fluids; spasme of ~, spasm caused by this condition.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)25a/b : Dewe administracioun of..aer, mete & drynke, slepe & wakyng, mouyng & reste, inanicioun i. voidenez & replecion i. fulnesse, & accidentez of þe soule.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)59a/a : Also þe vtilite off þe plicacioun of þe same [grustellie bone þat hingeþ aboue þe orifice of þe stomake] is be cause þat it schulde ȝiff stede to þe orifice of þe stomake when a man is replete oþere fulle and þat it mowe also be croked apon þe stomake in tyme off inanicioun.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)155b/b : Dewe mynistrynge of..ayre, mete, drynke, inanycioun i. dwynynge, and replecioun i. fulnesse, [etc.].
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)34a/a : Þis gristle..was maad plicable for sche schulde in tyme of fulnesse ȝeuen place to þe stomak and yn tyme of inanisioun or of voidnesse bowen adoun þer ouer.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)100/1 : ij causis coniunct [of cramp]: þe toon is repleccioun of þe senewe..þe oþer is inanisioun.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)100/2 : He [cramp] þat is of in-anisioun, ofte tymes he haþ a cause goynge tofore, as to myche euacuacioun of blood eiþer of sum oþer þing, as to longe affliccioun for long akþe, or ellis for þe appetite of þe sike man haþ been longe tyme enfeblid.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)57a/b : Þer beþ 3 maner of spasmez: of inanicioun, of replecioun, & of þe brayne compassioun. Þe first is caused most for grete fluxz of blode..and for vnmoderate hetez & liquefactyue purtredez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)138a/a : Cure forsoþ of drynes & inanycioun [*Ch.(2): dwynynge awaye] is gode moisting & rosumyng [?read: resumyng] wiþ loueable mete.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)180a/b : Þei schulde causen in þe sinewes a spasme of inanicioun, and so þei schulde make vnmeuabel for euer more to meuyng.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)181a/b : Medicines þat dried strongelie and gretelye consumynge..summe tyme..introduced a spasme of inanicioun.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)94a/b : The engendring of þe spasme..by cause of jnnanyscoun is þis, as whanne þer is ony senewy membre woundid or prickid or ellis empostemed where þat quytture is engendrid and may not passen out..þanne al þe moisture of þilke senewy membris bigynneþ for to roten, [etc.].
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)95a/a : If þei [humors] putrefien þei bryngen in þe spasme of ynnanyscioun in þe maner as it is seyd aforn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. inanition.