单词 | diæretic |
释义 | diæretic, a. and n.|daɪɪˈrɛtɪk| Also dieretic. [ad. Gr. διαιρετικός divisible, of or by division, f. διαιρετός, vbl. adj. f. διαιρεῖν: see prec.; cf. F. diérétique (Littré).] A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or by means of diæresis or division.
1640G. Watts tr. Bacon's Adv. Learn. vi. ii. 231 The others [methods], as the analytic, systatic, diæretic, etc. 1656Blount Glossogr., Dieretick, pertaining to a division, or the figure Diæresis. 1851–60Mayne Expos. Lex. 269/1 Having power to divide, dissolve, or corrode; escharotic, corrosive, dieretic. 1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Dieretic. B. n. Med. A caustic or corrosive agent. Obs.
1721Bailey, Diæretics, medicines which corrode and eat. 1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Diæretic, an old term for a caustic. |

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