| 单词 | return case |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreturn case return case n. now chiefly historical a case of infectious disease occurring after the return home of a patient from hospital. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > infection > infectious disease infection?a1425 smit1838 smittle1838 zymotic1842 return case1856 1856 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homeopathy Nov. 268 Clotar Müller either seems to have no return-cases, and no relapse cases, or else those of his patients who have relapsed after a long and tedious treatment have gone somewhere else. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 130 In spite of every precaution these so-called ‘return cases’ will occasionally appear. 1944 Jrnl. Hygiene 43 220/1 No return case has come to notice. 1993 A. Hardy Epidemic Streets iii. 63 The problem of the ‘return case’—the scarlet-fever patient who was still infectious but without evident symptoms on return from hospital—dogged the hospital service and the sanitary authorities throughout the period. < as lemmas |
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