| 单词 | mad —— disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmad —— disease mad —— disease n. (a) humorous (in ad hoc uses), an imaginary affliction of a specified animal, person, etc., esp. one causing unusual or erratic behaviour; (b) colloquial spongiform encephalopathy of the named species. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > other brain disorders brain damage1864 mind-blindness1888 satellitosis1906 syringobulbia1908 Alzheimer's disease1911 kernicterus1912 pseudotumour1914 brain death1928 punch-drunk1928 Sturge–Weber syndrome1935 Alzheimer1938 Creutzfeldt–Jakob1939 Alzheimer1940 Schilder's disease1940 hypsarrhythmia1952 kuru1957 laughing death1957 Minamata disease1957 myelinolysis1959 spongiform encephalopathy1960 CJD1975 old-timer's disease1983 mad —— disease1990 1990 Independent (Nexis) 27 Jan. 21 The better than expected current account figures prompted a small outbreak of mad bull disease in the stock market yesterday. 1991 Independent 1 Nov. 7/1 A government scientist has conceded for the first time that ‘mad cat’ disease—the feline form of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)—is likely to have been caused by contaminated cat food. 1993 Bookseller (BNC) 8 Jan. 44 Added to that have been the cuts in funding; the attack on the ‘book health’ of schools has been considerable. Mad Curriculum Disease is taking over. 1993 Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. Personally I don't buy french apples (Why, I don't remember); I don't buy cat-food marked ‘beef’ (mad cat disease); and I am wary of eggs (Mrs Currie). 1996 New Statesman 26 July 7/3 These days, when any maître d' of the Conservative Party starts extolling a government-vetted menu, I am uncomfortably reminded of the perils of mad minister disease. 1997 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 2 Oct. f3 Mad-squirrel disease?.. University of Kentucky researchers believe they may have found a link between the consumption of squirrel brains..and a lethal brain ailment in humans. < as lemmas |
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