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palpebral [palpebral 词源字典]: "Relating to the eyelids", Mid 19th century: from late Latin palpebralis, from Latin palpebra 'eyelid'.[palpebral etymology, palpebral origin, 英语词源]
parliamental: "Of, belonging to, or relating to Parliament, or a parliament; parliamentary", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Foxe (?1517–1587), martyrologist. From parliament + -al, after post-classical Latin parliamentalis belonging to a discussion, parliamentary.
pericentral: "Arranged or situated around a centre or central body", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Alfred Bennett (1833–1902), botanist and publisher. From peri- + central.
plenilune: "A full moon; the time of a full moon", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in Higden's Polychronicon. From classical Latin plēnilūnium plenilunium; compare lune, variant of luna.
pterosaur: "A fossil flying reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, with membranous wings supported by a greatly lengthened fourth finger", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Pterosauria (plural), from Greek pteron 'wing' + sauros 'lizard'.
perempt: "To do away with or quash (a thing, especially a legal process or suit)", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in John Ayliffe (1676–1732), lawyer and author. From classical Latin perēmpt-, past participial stem of perimere to destroy, kill, cancel out, annul from per- + emere to buy, purchase, originally to take. Compare peremption.
percuss: "Gently tap (a part of the body) with a finger or an instrument as part of a diagnosis", Mid 16th century (in the general sense 'give a blow to'): from Latin percuss- 'struck forcibly', from the verb percutere, from per- 'through' + quatere 'to shake, strike'.
petricolous: "Inhabiting rock; living on rocks; lithodomous", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From scientific Latin petricola, specific name of a type of mollusc + -ous; compare -colous.
pinguecula: "A small yellow region of degeneration of the conjunctiva, usually situated near the edge of the cornea; a condition of the eye characterized by this", Mid 19th cent. From classical Latin pinguicula, feminine of pinguiculus rather fat.
proto-history: "The history of the earliest times; the period during which historical records first become available; the branch of knowledge that deals with this", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Harper's Magazine.
peneplain: "A more or less level land surface produced by erosion over a long period, undisturbed by crustal movement", Late 19th century: from Latin paene 'almost' + plain¹.
ptochogony: "The creation of a class of poor people; (hence) poverty", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Sydney Smith (1771–1845), author and wit. From ancient Greek πτωχο- + -gony.
plute: "A plutocrat; a very wealthy person, especially an industrialist", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Vagabonds. Shortened from plutocrat.
phylloxanthin: "= xanthophyll", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868).
pulverable: "Capable of being reduced to powder; pulverizable", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Woodall (1570–1643), surgeon. From pulver or its etymon classical Latin pulverāre + -able.
protensive: "Chiefly Philosophy . Extending in time; having duration; continuing, lasting, enduring", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Flavell (?1630–1691), Presbyterian minister and religious writer. From classical Latin prōtēns-, past participial stem of prōtendere protend + -ive.
pauciloquent: "That uses few words in speech or conversation; laconic", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From classical Latin pauci- + -loquent, after pauciloquy. Compare post-classical Latin pauciloquus that speaks little, of few words.
phacoanaphylaxis: "Hypersensitivity to proteins released from the lens of the eye; inflammation of the eye (endophthalmitis or uveitis) caused by this", 1940s; earliest use found in American Journal of Ophthalmology. From phaco- + anaphylaxis, after phacoanaphylactic.
pleon: "The posterior division of the body of a crustacean; the crustacean abdomen", Mid 19th cent. From ancient Greek πλέων, present participle of πλεῖν to swim, to sail from the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit plavate he floats, swims, Old Church Slavonic plavati, Russian plavat′ to swim.
phengite: "A transparent or translucent kind of stone known to the ancient world, probably crystallized gypsum or alabaster. Now historical", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From classical Latin phengītēs (Pliny) from Hellenistic Greek ϕεγγίτης phengite, selenite, or crystallized gypsum from ancient Greek ϕέγγος light, lustre, moonlight (of uncertain origin) + -ίτης.