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inveterate(2) (iou)



inveterate adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin inveteratus pa. pple of inveterare make old, formed as IN-2 + veter-, vetus old: see -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Of disease: of long standing, chronic; resisting treatment. LME.
H. Lyte Medicines against an old inueterate cough.
b. Long established, ancient, old. Now chiefly of a (bad) habit, prejudice, etc.: deep-rooted, obstinate, ingrained E16.
Evelyn Rotten wood,..especially that which is taken out of an Inveterate willow tree. J. A. Froude His relations with Francis..were those of inveterate hostility.
c. Persistent, lasting. L18.
E. Mannin A big part of Ahmad's charm was his inveterate desire to please.
Settled or confirmed in a habit or practice; habitual, hardened, obstinate. L15.
H. T. Lane She had been made a hard liar by hard treatment, and was..an inveterate mischief-maker. D. M. Thomas She..enjoyed writingshe was, for example, an inveterate letter-writer.
Full of obstinate prejudice or hatred; embittered, malignant; virulent. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
b. noun. A person who is confirmed in some (bad) habit; a confirmed or hardened offender. E18.
inveterately adverb M17.
inveterateness noun M17.

macroamylasaemia (medicine)


macroamylasaemia


A form of hyperamylasaemia, in which a portion of serum amylase exists as macroamylase.

Origin: macroamylase + G. Haima, blood