| 单词 | white muscle disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite muscle disease white muscle disease n. a degenerative muscle disease of mammals, esp. ruminants, characterized by the pale appearance of striated muscle tissue, which is thought to be caused by a deficiency of selenium, vitamin E, or both. ΚΠ 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 74 727 Another stiff-lamb condition the etiology of which is not understood is that in which we find the white muscle lesions described by Metzger and Hagan in the Cornell Veterinarian for January, 1927. 1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xvii. 421/2 Lesions. Degenerative changes in muscles indicative of Zenker's necrosis and eventually total necrosis, the affected areas resembling those seen in so-called white muscle disease—pale whitish streaks. 2004 J. Emsley Vanity, Vitality, & Virility (2006) iii. 100 What also convinced them that there was something wrong was the incidence of white muscle disease in cattle, and the high incidence of heart disease and cancer among the general population. < as lemmas |
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