单词 | walking sickness |
释义 | > as lemmaswalking sickness walking sickness n. now rare an illness in which the sufferer is not bedridden and is still capable of carrying out some normal activities. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > non-confining disease walking sickness1820 1820 Caledonian Mercury 5 Aug. 3/5 The Statements are required to specify... The quantum and duration of sickness,..distinguishing bedfast sickness, walking sickness, or any other description recognized by the Society. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. iv. 574 In other chronic diseases.., the patient can attend partially to his business: he is in possession of half his faculties... This is walking sickness. 1914 Times 26 Feb. 11/4 There is less of what the doctors call walking sickness since the Insurance Act has been in force. < as lemmas |
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