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previse [previse 词源字典]: "Foresee or predict (an event)", Late 16th century: from Latin praevis- 'foreseen, anticipated', from the verb praevidere, from prae 'before' + videre 'to see'.[previse etymology, previse origin, 英语词源]
probang: "A strip of flexible material with a sponge or tuft at the end, used to remove an object from the throat or apply medication to it", Mid 17th century (named provang by its inventor): perhaps an alteration suggested by probe.
pekoe: "A high-quality black tea made from young leaves", Early 18th century: from Chinese dialect pekho, from pek 'white' + ho 'down' (the leaves being picked young when covered with down).
primordium: "An organ, structure, or tissue in the earliest stage of development", Late 19th century: from Latin, neuter of primordius 'original', from primus 'first' + ordiri 'begin'.
phelloderm: "The innermost layer of the periderm in some plants, composed of parenchymatous cells", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Alfred Bennett (1833–1902), botanist and publisher. From German Phelloderm, alteration of Phelloderma from ancient Greek ϕελλός cork + δέρμα skin.
Parthenian: "Belonging to or associated with the region of Mount Parthenios in Arcadia (on the southern Greek mainland)", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in George Turberville (c1543–c1597), poet and translator. From classical Latin Parthenius of or associated with Mount Parthenios (classical Latin Parthenius) + -an.
phycobiont: "The algal component of a lichen; any alga which is associated with a fungus to form a lichen (occasionally: specifically a green alga, as distinct from a blue-green alga)", 1950s. From phyco- + -biont.
puer aeternus: "In Jungian psychology: an archetype of eternal youth. Also (more loosely): an emotionally or psychologically childlike man", Early 20th cent. From classical Latin puer aeternus (Ovid: see note; from puer boy + aeternus), after use in a German context by C. G. Jung.
plagiotropism: "The condition or character of being plagiotropic", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Sydney Vines (1849–1934), botanist. From plagio- + -tropism, after plagiotropic.
pseudocarp: "Technical term for false fruit", Mid 19th century: from pseudo- 'false' + Greek karpos 'fruit'.
peroneus tertius: "A small muscle of the leg, sometimes absent, that arises from the fibula, inserts on to the fifth metatarsal bone, and acts to dorsiflex and evert the foot", Mid 18th cent. From post-classical Latin peroneus tertius from peroneus + classical Latin tertius third.
popliteus: "A flat muscle at the back of the knee which arises from the lateral condyle of the femur and is inserted into the posterior surface of the tibia, and serves to rotate the tibia on the femur, allowing the fully extended knee to begin flexion", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Randle Holme (1627–1700), herald painter. From post-classical Latin popliteus, adjective (in musculus popliteus) from classical Latin poplit-, poples knee joint, back of the knee, hough, of unknown origin + -eus.
polystelic: "Having or characterized by more than one stele (vascular cylinder)", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Annals of Botany. From French polystélique from poly- + stèle + -ique.
palliament: "A gown, a long robe; specifically the white gown of a candidate for the Roman consulship", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in George Peele (bap. 1556, d. 1596), poet and playwright. From post-classical Latin palliare to cloak + -ment, after classical Latin pallium cloak.
peritonsillar: "Situated or occurring around a tonsil or around the tonsils", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Von Ziemssen's Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine. After German peritonsillär.
periapical: "Situated or occurring around the apex of the root of a tooth", 1920s.
parvanimity: "Smallness of mind, meanness; an example of this", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher. From classical Latin parvus small + animus mind + -ity, probably formed as an antonym of magnanimity.
parvalbumin: "A calcium-binding muscle protein of low molecular weight found in some vertebrates. Formerly also: any of a homologous group of such proteins", 1960s. From classical Latin parvus small + albumin.
protrusible: "(Of a body part, such as the jaws of a fish) capable of being protruded or extended", Mid 19th century: from Latin protrus- 'extended or thrust forward' (from the verb protrudere) + -ible.
protophyte: "An organism belonging to the class Protophyta; especially a unicellular alga", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Southern Quarterly Review. From proto- + -phyte, after scientific Latin protophytum.