See Also: pyocelia(medicine)

forced (iou) and pyocelia (medicine)


forced (iou)



forced ppl adjective. L15.
[from FORCE verb1 + -ED1.]
1. Compelled, imposed, or obtained by force; compulsory. L15.
I. Murdoch A forced Marriage which her free Nature would resent and soon detest.
2. Produced or maintained with effort; strained; (of a gesture etc.) affected, unnatural. L16.
G. Gordon The forced, indeed intense, jollity he found himself..assuming when conversing with certain members of the company.
3. Artificially made or prepared; esp. (of soil) disturbed by digging, having the topsoil raised. Long obsolete exc. dial. E17.
4. Of a plant, crop, etc.: made to bear, or produced, out of the proper season. L17.
E. Bowen She thought they looked like forced roses, magnetized into being.
5. Of (a draught of) air: produced or supplied by artificial means, as a blower etc. M19.
Special collocations & comb.: forced-choice adjective (of a question, technique, etc.) requiring a choice to be made by the participant between a number of prearranged answers or alternatives. forced labour compulsory labour, usu. under rigorous conditions. forced landing an unavoidable landing by an aircraft in an emergency. forced march: requiring a special effort by troops etc. forced move a move in chess etc. to which there is no reasonable alternative.
forcedly adverb M16.
forcedness noun M17.

pyocelia (medicine)


pyocelia


Synonym: pyoperitoneum.

Origin: pyo-+ G. Koilia, a cavity