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pauciflorous [pauciflorous 词源字典]: "Having few flowers", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868).[pauciflorous etymology, pauciflorous origin, 英语词源]
plutonomy: "The science of the production and distribution of wealth", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in John Ludlow (1821–1911), lawyer and social activist. From pluto- + -nomy, after economy.
panhypopituitarism: "Diminished or absent secretion of all of the anterior pituitary hormones", 1940s.
prolocutor: "A chairperson of the lower house of convocation in a province of the Church of England", Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin, from prolocut- 'spoken out', from the verb proloqui, from pro- 'before' + loqui 'speak'.
Proboscidea: "An order of large mammals that comprises the elephants and their extinct relatives. They are distinguished by the possession of a trunk and tusks", Modern Latin (plural), from proboscis.
precoracoid: "A bone or cartilage in certain fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, situated anterior to and sometimes fused with the coracoid bone of the pectoral girdle", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in William K. Parker (1823–1890), comparative anatomist and zoologist. From pre- + coracoid.
pomology: "The science of fruit-growing", Early 19th century: from Latin pomum 'fruit' + -logy.
pisciculture: "The controlled breeding and rearing of fish", Mid 19th century: from Latin piscis 'fish' + culture, on the pattern of words such as agriculture.
pinealoma: "A tumour of the pineal gland, thought to arise from the parenchymal cells", 1920s. From pineal + -oma.
pneumohydrothorax: "= hydropneumothorax", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Lancet.
pentatomic: "Consisting of five atoms; containing five atoms per molecule", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Watts (1815–1884), chemist. From penta- + atomic noun.
Pekingologist: "A person who studies Chinese politics or current affairs", 1960s; earliest use found in The Economist. From Peking, the name of the capital city of China + -ologist; compare Pekingology.
photophore: "A light-producing organ in certain fishes and other animals", Late 19th century: from Greek phōtophoros 'light-bearing'.
periderm: "The corky outer layer of a plant stem formed in secondary thickening or as a response to injury or infection", Mid 19th century: from peri- 'around' + Greek derma 'skin'.
predicatory: "Of, relating to, or characteristic of a preacher or preaching; involving or derived from preaching", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Coryate (?1577–1617), traveller and writer. From post-classical Latin praedicatorius laudatory, of or relating to preaching from classical Latin praedicātor + -ius, suffix forming adjectives; compare -ory.
pediculophobia: "Dread of infestation with lice, accompanied by the delusional belief that one is suffering from it", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in John S. Billings (1838–1913).
paralogism: "A piece of illogical or fallacious reasoning, especially one which appears superficially logical or which the reasoner believes to be logical", Mid 16th century: from French paralogisme, via late Latin from Greek paralogismos, from paralogizesthai 'reason falsely'.
platyphyllous: "Broad-leaved", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Joseph Thomas (1811–1891).
polyphone: " Phonetics . A written character having more than one phonetic value; a letter or other symbol which stands for different sounds", Mid 17th cent. Originally from ancient Greek πολύϕωνος having many tones; in later use from poly- + -phone.
pancosmism: " Philosophy and Theology . The doctrine that the material universe or cosmos is all that exists", Mid 19th cent. From ancient Greek παν- pan- + κόσμος cosmos + -ism, after pantheism.