单词 |
expansile |
释义 |
expansile, a.|ɛkˈspænsɪl, -aɪl| [f. L. expans- ppl. stem of expandĕre to expand + -ile.] 1. Having the property of being expanded; capable of expansion, dilatable.
1776T. Percival Philos. Med. & Exp. Ess. III. 265 This effect it [heat] produces..by its expansile power. 1783Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 63 Its natural soft..expansile state. 1793Fordyce in Phil. Trans. LXXXIV. 5 Expansile and contractile by heat and cold. 1869Gillmore Reptiles & Birds iii. 117 Others have..an expansile gular pouch. 1884W. C. Wilkinson E. Arnold ii. vii. 166 The illimitably expansile cloud-land of Hindu philosophy. 2. Of or pertaining to expansion; of the nature of or tending to or capable of producing expansion.
1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1873Roberts Handbk. Med. 465 Expansile movements are greatly deficient or absent. |

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