| 单词 | white death |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite death white death n. [after Black Death n.] tuberculosis, esp. when epidemic and causing many deaths. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > tuberculosis decline1783 tubercle1795 tuberculation1822 tuberculization1823 tubercularization1839 tuberculosis1839 tuberculocele1858 white plague1860 tuberculid1868 tuberculoderma1881 white scourge1895 tubercule1901 white death1901 T.B.1912 1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 643/2 The ‘white death’, as this most fatal disease is called, does not seem to horrify us as it should. 1938 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 38 1306/1 So long as we allow the white death to go on raging. 2007 Guardian 17 Jan. (G2 section) 8/3 Consumption—the ‘white death’, which we know today as tuberculosis—is now once again a deadly threat. < as lemmas |
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