rising of the lights

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea, or lungs, found as a cause of death on bills of mortality in the 16- and 1700s; possibly croup.

    历史 废旧 不可数

    John Graunt reflected on the increases in death from particular diseases between 1634 and 1660: […] That the Rising of the lights (supposed in most Cases to be the Fits of the Mother) have also encreased in thirty years, […]

词源

From lights (“lungs”).

来源：wiktionary