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petaliform [petaliform 词源字典]: "Having the form of or resembling a petal; petaloid", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Martyn (1735–1825), botanist. From petal + -iform, after scientific Latin petaliformis.[petaliform etymology, petaliform origin, 英语词源]
Phlegethon: "Something regarded as resembling the mythical river Phlegethon; a river of fire, a seething torrent or turmoil", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Lord Byron (1788–1824), poet. From Phlegethon (classical Latin Phlegethont-, Phlegethōn, ancient Greek Φλεγέθοντ-, Φλεγέθων, lit. ‘burning, blazing’), the name of a mythological river of fire, one of the five rivers of Hades.
pyelography: "An X-ray technique for producing an image of the renal pelvis and urinary tract by the introduction of a radiopaque fluid", Early 20th century: from Greek puelos 'trough, basin' + -graphy.
pilule: "A small pill", Late Middle English: from French, from Latin pilula 'small ball', diminutive of pila.
penoscrotal: "Of, relating to, or involving the penis and the scrotum", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Van Buren (1819–1883). From pen- + -o- + scrotal.
palynology: "The study of pollen grains and other spores, especially as found in archaeological or geological deposits. Pollen extracted from such deposits may be used for radiocarbon dating and for studying past climates and environments by identifying plants then growing", 1940s: from Greek palunein 'sprinkle' + -logy.
polycracy: "Government by the many; an instance of this", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Nicol Burne (fl. 1574–1598), Roman Catholic controversialist. From poly- + -cracy.
pan pipes: "A musical instrument made from a row of short pipes of varying length fixed together and played by blowing across the top", Originally associated with the Greek rural god Pan.
pre-agonal: "Occurring immediately before death", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Buck's Handbook of the Medical Sciences.
palynologically: "By means of palynology; from the point of view of palynology", 1950s; earliest use found in Science. From palynological + -ly.
princekin: "A little, young, or diminutive prince", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Thackeray (1811–1863), novelist. From prince + -kin.
papaverine: "A compound present in opium used medicinally to alleviate muscle spasm and asthma", Mid 19th century: from Latin papaver 'poppy' + -ine⁴.
picturedom: "Films collectively; the cinema as an industry or art form", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in The Strand Magazine. From picture + -dom.
propagable: "Capable of being propagated", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Noah Biggs (fl. 1651), medical practitioner and social reformer. From classical Latin propāgāre, prōpāgāre propagate + -ble.
pococurante: "Indifferent or unconcerned", Mid 18th century: Italian, from poco 'little' + curante 'caring'.
pulpectomy: "Excision of (usually the entire) pulp of a tooth; an instance of this", 1920s; earliest use found in Dental Items of Interest. From pulp + -ectomy.
proprietory: "= proprietary", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament. Alteration of proprietary, after proprietor.
pre: "Previous to; before", 1960s: independent usage of pre-.
plagiograph: "An instrument for reproducing a plan, diagram, etc., in a position at a given angle from the original", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science.
pomander: "A ball or perforated container of aromatic substances, placed in a cupboard or room to perfume the air or (formerly) carried as a supposed protection against infection", Late 15th century: from Old French pome d'embre, from medieval Latin pomum de ambra 'apple of ambergris'.