"creature comforts of a town, house, etc." 1908, plural of amenity. Latin amoena, plural of amoenus, also was used as a noun with a sense of "pleasant places."

1908, from anesthesia + -ology.

Anesthesiology. This is the new term adopted by the University of Illinois defining "the science that treats of the means and methods of producing in man or animal various degrees of insensibility with or without hypnosis." [Medical Herald, January, 1912]

also antepartum, "occurring or existing before birth," 1908, from Latin phrase ante partum "before birth," from ante "before" (from PIE root *ant- "front, forehead," with derivatives meaning "in front of, before") + accusative of partus "a bearing, a bringing forth," from partus, past participle of parire "to bring forth" (from PIE root *pere- (1) "to produce, procure").

"substance that causes production of an antibody," 1908, from German Antigen, from French antigène (1899), from anti(body) (see antibody) + -gen.

1908, from German atherosklerose (1904), coined by German pathologist Felix Jacob Marchand; see atheroma + sclerosis.

"publicity, hype," 1908, from circus slang, "a short sample of a sideshow" used to lure customers (1901), which is of unknown origin. The word seems to have been in use in various colloquial senses in the 1890s. To catch ballyhoo is attested from 1895 in sense "be in trouble." In nautical lingo, ballyhoo, also spelled ballahou or ballahoo (185o, perhaps 1836) was a sailor's contemptuous word for any thing or person they disliked, said to be from Spanish balahu "schooner." As a verb from 1901 (implied in ballyhooer).

There is a village of Ballyhooly in County Cork, Ireland, (the Bally- is a common Irish place-name element meaning "a town, village"). To give (or get) ballyhooly, "give (or get) a noisy reprimand" is recorded by 1868. According to Green's Dictionary of Slang, the village was "notable for its faction fights."

mild expletive, 1908, probably from by Jesus. Compare bejabbers (by 1821 in representations of Irish dialect), from the same source. To beat the bejesus out of someone is a transferred sense from 1934.

also black-out, 1908 in the theatrical sense of a darkened stage, from the verbal phrase; see black (v.) + out (adv.). The figurative sense of "loss of memory" is by 1934 (verb and noun); as "a dousing of lights as an air raid precaution," it is recorded from 1935. The verbal phrase black out, in reference to using black ink to cover printed or written matter deemed objectionable, is attested from 1888.

"stupid person," 1908, from bone (n.) + head (n.). Compare blockhead, meathead. Bone-headed "ignorant" is from 1903. Earlier it was used in reference to types of primitive spears or harpoons.

also brief-case, "portable folding case for holding papers," 1908, from brief (n.) in the paper sense + case (n.2). Earlier was brief-bag (1806).