septiferous
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
- Bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule.
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Conveying putrid poison.
— "What you did do," said his visitor, "was about the most dangerous thing that a doctor could be mixed up in." "Oh, no," replied Ellerslie, "he does a much more dangerous thing whenever he operates on a septiferous subject, whenever he enters a fever-stricken house. […]"
词源
From septum + -i- + -ferous.
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