| 单词 | environmental illness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasenvironmental illness environmental illness n. any illness caused or exacerbated by (or attributed to) environmental factors; spec. such an illness attributed to exposure to chemicals (also called multiple chemical sensitivity). ΚΠ 1965 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 7 July 3/3 As health inspector, his main task is inspection of food-vending establishments, restaurants, swimming pools and water supplies to aid in the prevention of environmental illnesses. 1983 Science 23 Sept. 1244/2 Certain chemicals appear somehow to overload otherwise healthy human immune or detoxification systems, or both. The resulting ‘environmental illness’ is marked by varied, extreme allergic symptoms in some numbers of people. 1987 Neurology 37 iii. 467 This demonstration that Parkinson's disease may be place-related provides support for the hypothesis that Parkinson's disease, like MS [sc. multiple sclerosis], is an acquired, environmental illness. 1993 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 330 Formal studies confirm that most patients who have been labelled as having ‘twentieth century disease’ or ‘environmental illness’ fulfil criteria for psychiatric disorders. 2003 National Post (Canada) 29 Mar. sr5/5 Also called environmental illness, Gulf War syndrome or sick building syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity is an acquired chronic disorder triggered by prolonged exposure to chemicals. < as lemmas |
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