| 单词 | bubble boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbubble boy h. A transparent plastic covering or enclosure that protects a patient from infection by keeping him or her in a sterile environment. Frequently attributive, in bubble baby, bubble boy, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment wresting thread1616 tractors1798 tetanomotor1860 examining table1877 wire instrumenta1884 wristband1884 nasal spray1888 mackintosh sheet1889 gas mask1892 bath-bed1894 inspissator1897 Murphy's button1899 trembling-chair1899 solenoid1901 sunray1921 oxygenator1928 white cane1930 white stick1930 microdrive1955 photocoagulator1965 bubble1966 stimoceiver1967 hospital gown1970 smart pill1988 1966 N.Y. Times 5 Oct. 32/5 Giving the patient complete isolation and protection from infection, it is a heavy plastic bubble which encloses the bed. 1973 Washington Post 3 Oct. a1/2 David has spent his entire three years in complete isolation in a germ-free plastic bubble. 1993 New Scientist 6 Feb. 8/1 Doctors..will soon attempt to use the technique to treat a child with severe combined immune deficiency—a so-called ‘bubble baby’. 2003 B. McKibben Enough (U.K. ed.) iii. 127 Untreated infants need to be kept within a sterile bubble or they will die before their first birthday. 2014 J. P. Elman Chronic Youth i. 29 The song was called ‘The Boy in the Bubble,’ a title that invoked the cultural memory of..a ‘bubble boy’ who was born without an immune system. < as lemmas |
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