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world (iou)



world noun & verb.

A. noun.
I. (A period of) human existence.
(Earthly) human existence; this present life. OE.
W. Paley A Christian's chief care being to pass quietly through this world to a better. Dickens She was too good for this world and for me, and she died.
b. gen. A state of (present or future) existence. ME.
Wordsworth Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised.
a. Earthly human pursuits and interests; secular or lay (as opp. to religious or clerical) life, pursuits, and interests, temporal or mundane affairs. OE.
W. Cowper Renounce the worldthe preacher cries. R. Barnard Father Anselm furrowed his brow. 'I believe his name in the world was Denis Crowther.'
b. gen. The events, affairs, and conditions of human life. OE.
Shakespeare Hamlet To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man pick'd out of ten thousand. S. Baring-Gould What was the world coming to, when police poked their noses into his shop?
c. A state of human affairs; a state of things, a situation. LME-E17.
a. An age or period in human existence or history. OE-L17.
b. spec. An age or period of human history identified by or associated with particular cultural, intellectual, or economic characteristics or conditions. Now rare or obsolete exc. as passing into sense 9. M16.
Ld Macaulay Men whose minds had been trained in a world which had passed away.
II. The earth; a natural environment or system.
The earth and everything on it; the globe; the human environment; collect. the countries on earth. OE.
Shakespeare As You Like It All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. N. Shute I had travelled the world. Economist Siporex is a..concrete product..now used all over the world. Sunday Times Board a luxury liner to cruise the most colourful waters in the world.
b. A section or part of the earth, esp. as a place of inhabitation or settlement. M16.
I. Watts Alexander the Great..wept for want of more worlds to conquer.
c. sing. & in pl. A great quantity or number (of), a vast amount (of). Also in pl. (adverbial), by a great deal, vastly. L16.
F. Locker I'd give worlds to borrow Her yellow rose with russet leaves. Autocar There's not a world of difference between the carb 1.6 fitted to this estate and the injected version.
The (material) universe, the cosmos; creation as a whole; everything that exists. Also (with specifying word), any part of the universe considered as an entity. ME.
b. A planet or Other celestial body, esp. one viewed as inhabited. E18.
W. Cowper The sun, a world whence Other worlds drink light. fig.: K. Mansfield The oranges were little worlds of burning light.
A person's normal or habitual sphere of interest, action, or thought; a realm of activity or endeavour; fig. a characteristic atmosphere or environment. L16.
H. Martineau The taint of contempt which infects all the intercourses of his world. V. Brittain The sceptical, indifferent world of London journalism. M. Esslin Ionesco's own peculiar world of nightmare, Chaplinesque humour, and wistful tenderness.
a. A particular realm of natural or created things; esp. the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. L17.
b. Any group or system of (usu. similar) things or beings considered as constituting a unity. L17.
W. Cowper Then, all the world of waters sleeps again. Wordsworth Dreams, books, are each a world.
III. People, society.
a. The human race; humankind as a whole; human society. OE.
Tennyson These two parties still divide the worldOf those that want, and those that have.
b. Human society considered with ref. to its activities, occupations, problems, etc. Later also, the practices, customs, or social hierarchy of one's society; the concerns of society at large. LME.
Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor Old folks, you know, have discretion..and know the world. W. Cowper Low in the world, because he scorns its arts.
c. Society at large, the public; public opinion. M16.
Bookman From the world's point of view, his unpopularity was richly deserved.
Usu. with specifying word: a particular part or section of the earth's inhabitants or of (a) human society, esp. with ref. to the place or time of their existence, or to their status, interests, or pursuits. LME.
business world, Fashion world, pop world, etc.
G. M. Trevelyan To prevent the domination..of the European world by France.
b. The people with exclusively secular, mundane, or worldly interests and pursuits; the worldly and irreligious. Cf. sense 2a above. LME.
c. Fashionable society or circles. L17.
Phrases: against the world in opposition to or in the face of everyone; against all opposition. all the time in the world: see TIME noun. all the world and his wife (a) any large mixed gathering of people; (b) everyone with pretensions to Fashion. all the world over = the world over below. before the secular worlds: see SECULAR adjective 5. BEGIN the world. brave new world: see BRAVE adjective. bring into the world: see BRING verb 5. carry the world before one have rapid and complete Success. CITIZEN of the world. come into the world be born. dead to the world: see DEAD adjective. dispatch out of the world: see DISPATCH verb. done to the world: see DONE ppl adjective. eighth wonder of the world: see WONDER noun. external world: see EXTERNAL adjective. First World: see FIRST adjective. First World War the war of 1914-18. for all the world taking account of everything in the world; in every respect, exactly, precisely (like, as if). Fourth World: see FOURTH adjective. free world: see FREE adjective. go to a better world: see GO verb. go to the world be married. how the world wags: see WAG verb. in the world (used as an intensifier) on earth, in existence; of all, at all. let the world wag (as it will): see WAG verb. LOOKING-GLASS world. lower world: see LOWER adjective. man of the world: see MAN noun. middle world: see MIDDLE adjective. New World: see NEW adjective. NEXT world. not be long for this world: see LONG adverb. Old World: see OLD adjective. on top of the world: see TOP noun1. Other world: see Other adjective. out of this world extremely good, delightful, wonderful; beyond description; amazing. pride of the world: see PRIDE noun1. prince of this world: see PRINCE noun. renounce the world: see RENOUNCE verb 1b. rise in the world: see RISE verb. roof of the world: see ROOF noun. Second World: see SECOND adjective. Second World War the war of 1939-45. see the world Travel widely; gain wide experience. set the world on fire: see FIRE noun. seven wonders of the world: see WONDER noun. small world: see SMALL adjective. tell the world: see TELL verb. the best of both worlds get the benefits of two different desirable outcomes, possibilities, etc., without having to choose between them. the end of the world: see END noun. the outer world: see OUTER adjective. the soul of the world: see SOUL noun. the world over throughout the world. the world's end the farthest limit of the earth, the farthest attainable point of Travel. the world, the flesh, and the Devil the temptations of earthly life. the world to come the afterlife, a supposed life after death. the worst of both worlds the least desirable results of two different outcomes, possibilities, etc. think the world of have a very high opinion of or regard for. THIRD WORLD. Third World War a hypothetical future war involving most of the nations of the world. twilight world: see TWILIGHT adjective. with the best will in the world: see WILL noun1. world of words a dictionary. worlds apart vastly different, quite incompatible. world without end (a) for ever, eternally; (b) rare eternal existence, endlessness. would give the world: see GIVE verb.
Comb.: world-all rare [translating German Weltall] the universe; World Bank colloq. an international banking organization established to control the distribution of economic aid between member nations (officially called the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development); world-beater a person or thing (capable of) surpassing all others of the kind in some respect; world-class adjective of a quality or standard regarded as high or outstanding throughout the world; World Cup Sport an international tournament open to (qualifying) national teams from all parts of the world, in which the winning team is awarded a cup; esp. (Soccer) the world championship tournament held every four years in a different country; World English a variety of, or the fundamental features of, English regarded as standard or acceptable wherever English is spoken; world fair = world's fair below; world-famous adjective known throughout the world; world-ground Philosophy a (transcendent or immanent) reality or principle underlying or sustaining the cosmos; World Heritage Site a natural or man-made site, area, or structure recognized by UNESCO as being of outstanding international importance and therefore as deserving special protection; world-historical adjective of or pertaining to world history, of global historic importance; world history history embracing the events of the whole world, global history; world language (a) a language universally known by educated people, a language spoken in many countries; (b) an artificial language for international use; world-life (long rare) life in the world, earthly life; world-line Physics & Philosophy (a curve joining) the set of points in space-time successively occupied by a particle etc.; world literature (a) a body of work drawn from many nations and recognized as literature throughout the world; (b) (the sum of) the literature of the world; world Music traditional local or ethnic Music, esp. from the developing world; commercial pop Music influenced by or incorporating elements of this; world-old adjective (that is) as old as the world; world order a system of laws or regularities governing events in this or another world; spec. an international set of arrangements for preserving global political stability; world-point Physics & Philosophy a point in space-time, a particular point in space at a particular instant of time; world power a nation, State, etc., having great power or influence in world affairs; world-ranking adjective that ranks among the best in the world; World Series (US proprietary name for) a series of Games contested annually as a playoff between the champions of the two major N. American Baseball leagues; world's fair (orig. US) an international exhibition of arts, science, industry, and agriculture; world-shaking adjective of supreme importance, of enormous significance; world-soul Philosophy the immanent cause or principle of order, life, etc., in the physical world; world-spirit (a) the spirit of the secular world; (b) = world-soul above; (c) = world-ground above; world-view a set of fundamental beliefs, attitudes, values, etc., determining or constituting a comprehensive outlook on life, the universe, etc.; world war: involving several world powers (freq. in First World War, Second World War, Third World War above); world-weariness the condition of being world-weary; world-weary adjective weary of the world, tired of life; world-wise adjective (rare) = worldly-wise s.v. WORLDLY adverb.
b. verb trans. Populate, inhabit. rare. L16.
worlded adjective (rare, poet.) containing worlds L19.
worldful noun (hyperbol.) as much as would fill a world M19.
worldish adjective (rare) worldly; (as 2nd elem. of comb.) of or belonging to a specified world: ME.
worldless adjective E19.
worldlet noun (chiefly Science Fiction) a little world, a planetoid E20.
worldling noun (a) a worldly person; (b) a citizen of the world, an inhabitant of the world: M16.

Lactogen (medicine)


lactogen


An agent that stimulates milk production or secretion.

Origin: Lacto-+ G. -gen, producing

Human placental lactogen (HPL), lactogen isolated from human placentas and structurally similar to somatotropin; its biological activity weakly mimics that of somatotropin and prolactin; secreted into maternal circulation; a deficiency of HPL during Pregnancy leads to children having abnormal intrauterine and postnatal growth.

Synonym: choriomammotropin, chorionic "growth hormone-prolactin", human chorionic somatomammotropic hormone, human chorionic somatomammotropin, placenta protein, placental growth hormone, purified placental protein.