单词 | paucibacillary |
释义 | > as lemmaspaucibacillary paucibacillary adj. Brit. /ˌpɔːsᵻbəˈsɪl(ə)ri/ , /ˌpɔːsᵻˈbasᵻl(ə)ri/ , /ˌpɔːsᵻˈbasl̩(ə)ri/ , U.S. /ˌpɔsəˈbæsəˌlɛri/ , /ˌpɑsəˈbæsəˌlɛri/ [after French paucibacillaire (1908 or earlier)] Medicine containing few bacilli; spec. designating mycobacterial infections, esp. types of leprosy, in which few or no bacilli can be demonstrated in lesions or secretions; of, relating to, or suffering from such an infection; cf. multibacillary adj. at multi- comb. form 1a.ΚΠ 1931 Lancet 13 June 1298/2 He [sc. Calmette] pointed out that most people were spontaneously vaccinated against tuberculosis by frequent accidental ‘paucibacillary’ contaminations in early youth. 1991 World Jan. 28/1 It remains only for a philanthropic world to foot the bill—US $2 per patient for paucibacillary (early or mild) cases and US $26 for multibacillary (severe) cases. 2008 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Mar. 761/2 We grouped patients with negative skin smear results for acid-fast bacilli and who had no more than five skin lesions as having paucibacillary leprosy, and those with positive smear results at any site or more than five skin lesions as having multibacillary leprosy. < as lemmas |
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