| blight | 1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. "[This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man." (Woodward) 2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects. "Seared in heart and lone and blighted." (Byron) Origin: Perh. Contr. From AS. Blicettan to glitter, fr. The same root as E. Bleak. The meaning "to blight" comes in that case from to glitter, hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, make pale, bleach. Cf. Bleach, Bleak. 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences. 2. The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc. 3. That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys. "A blight seemed to have fallen over our fortunes." (Disraeli) 4. <zoology> A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; also applied to several other injurious insects. 5. A rashlike eruption on the human skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| blighted ovum | A fertilized ovum whose development has ceased at an early stage. (27 Sep 1997) |
| chestnut blight | A disease of chestnut trees caused by the fungus Enqothia parasitica. The major symptom is swollen, cracked cankers that form on the outside of the tree, spread into the tree and kills it. This disease is the primary reason why there are almost no American chestnut trees alive today. The population was decimated when the disease was introduced to America with Japanese chestnut trees. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| halo blight | Halo blight is a fatal plant disease which attacks legumes and is caused by the bacteria Pseumonas phaseolicola. The plant develops yellow-ringed, water-soaked spots, then withers and dies without rotting. (09 Oct 1997) |
| kernel blight | <microbiology, plant biology> Any of a group of fungal diseases of barley which cause withering and discolouration of the grain, Gibberella zeae, Helminthosporiumsativum and Alternaria are typically the culprits. (09 Oct 1997) |
| leaf blight | Any of various diseases which lead to the browning and dropping of a plant's leaves. (09 Oct 1997) |
| blighted ovum |
An embryo that has stopped developing and is no longer viable. Pregnancy hormones are produced by the placenta and an egg is fertilized, but the sac that is supposed to contain the fertilized egg is empty, no baby has developed, and the pregnancy is miscarried.
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early pregnancy loss marked histologically by hydropic degenerative change in villi, uniform villous edema and lack of trophoblastic hyperplasia
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A fertilised ovum that fails to develop into an embryo and usually results in an early miscarriage.
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Fertilized egg that failed to develop properly after implantation. Gestation sac develops in the absence of an embryo.
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A general term used to mean a fertilized egg that fails to survive after implantation in the uterus.
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| blight | any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting |
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| blight | a state or condition being blighted |
| blight | cause to suffer a blight |
| blight | a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear |
| blight | affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or prosperity |
| blight | a boy or man |
| blight | a persistently annoying person |
| blight | a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad |
| blight | a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad |
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