English Dictionary

mephitis

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A poisonous or foul-smelling gas, especially as emitted from the earth; an unpleasant smell. / (homeopathy) A dilution of fluids derived from skunks or polecats.

日本語の意味

有害または悪臭を放つガス、特に大地から発せられるもの、または不快な匂い。 / ホメオパシーの分野においては、スカンクやイタチ科の動物由来の液体を希釈した調製薬を指す。

A mephitis rose from the fissure in the earth, its acrid odor forcing the geologists to retreat.

地面の裂け目から有毒なガスが立ち上り、その刺激臭により地質学者たちは退避した。

意味（1）

A poisonous or foul-smelling gas, especially as emitted from the earth; an unpleasant smell.

The Abbe had, in the district of Latera, observed that in a mephitis of hydrogenous sulphurated or hepatic gas, a slow combustion of phosphorus took place, with the same resplendence as in the atmospheric air.

意味（2）

(homeopathy) A dilution of fluids derived from skunks or polecats.

Mephitis, in water, did not at first relieve the cough, so that I was compelled to prescribe another remedy; but after taking this for a short time, the father averred that he thought the first remedy, Mephitis, had a better effect than the last.

mephitises （ plural ）