Middle English Dictionary Entry
causōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | causōn n. Also causonides. |
| Etymology | ML, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pathol. A kind of chronic fever.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)91a/a : Somtyme colera rotiþ in þe most sotil veynes..of þe herte, of þe lyuour, & of þe longoun & hat causon [L causon], for it brenneþ and tendiþ þe spiritual membres.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)91a/b : If þe more partie of colera rotieþ, þe feuer hatte causonides..In causon..þe vreyne semeþ rede..wiþ so grete ache of þe forhede and temples [etc.].
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- a1484 Comment.Hippocrates (Trin-C R.14.52)395/303 : The ix is laudable purgacioun as cotidianly contynueng bi vryne, causon bi swetyng, sinochus bi flux of bloode at the nose and byneth.
- a1484 Comment.Hippocrates (Trin-C R.14.52)419/1176 : Note..that euer coment largely saiþ sharp but whan i[n] sum prerogatief whiche bryngith in sharp sinthomyes as causon and sinochus thei seyn sharp, in whos sharpenesses with cold humour signifieth deth.
Note: Ed.: "causon n. 'a fever caused by putrefaction of choler in the veins'."
Note: Additional quots.
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- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.29rb (2.2) : Theophilus..seiþ þat if a blak ypostasis or elles a blak eneorima apere in þe vryn in a febre causoun, it seiþ þat þat..wil turne into a febre quarteyn.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.75va (2.12) : Causonides is an hote febre continuel, causede of colre and of blode, but principaly of colre.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.75vb (2.12) : Causon is an hote febre continuel, & most scharp & most brennand of alle febres.
Note: Additional quots. New spelling: causoun. Harvey and Tavormina make two glossary entries: "causonides, n. 'a continual fever arising from red choler and blood, especially from choler'." and "causo(u)n, n. 'an intense continual fever'."
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. causon.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. causonides.