单词 | illness |
释义 | illness (once / 244 pages) n WORD FAMILY illness: illnesses+/ill: iller, illness, ills USAGE EXAMPLES“Most people think that illness is related to the organism. That’s only one part of the story,” Powers says. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) It is time that we erased these disparities, particularly for patients with life-threatening illnesses, for whom dental care and medical care are intertwined. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Genetics are a key factor in the heritability of mental illness and susceptibility to addiction. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) n impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper malady, sickness, unwellness health, wellness a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease condition an illness, disease, or other medical problem aguea fit of shivering or shaking amyloidosisa disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma anuresis, anuriainability to urinate catastrophic illnesssevere illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines collapse, prostrationan abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolismpain resulting from rapid change in pressure food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorderillness caused by poisonous or contaminated food lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnismtoxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system diseasean impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning hypermotilityexcessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract indispositiona slight illness ozone sicknessillness that can occur to persons exposed to ozone in high-altitude aircraft; characterized by sleepiness and headache and chest pains and itchiness toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancyan abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine growth(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) excrescence(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body breakdown, crack-upa mental or physical breakdown shock(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor botulismfood poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly mushroom poisoningtoxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species) ptomaine, ptomaine poisoninga term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines salmonellosisa kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium disease of the neuromuscular junctiona disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions aspergillosisdisease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs anthraxa disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia blackwaterany of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells cat scratch diseasea disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat complicationany disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease crudan ill-defined bodily ailment endemic, endemic diseasea disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location enteropathya disease of the intestinal tract incompetenceinability of a part or organ to function properly Kawasaki disease, mucocutaneous lymph node syndromean acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause pycnosis, pyknosisa degenerative state of the cell nucleus Indian tick fever, Kenya fever, Marseilles fever, boutonneuse fevera disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals Meniere's diseasea disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral) milk sicknesscaused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles mimesisany disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease industrial disease, occupational diseasedisease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) onychosisany disease or disorder of the nails rheumatismany painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues periarteritis nodosa, polyarteritis nodosaa progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules along arteries; nodules may block the artery and result in inadequate circulation to the particular area periodontal disease, periodontitisa disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth liver diseasea disease affecting the liver communicable diseasea disease that can be communicated from one person to another exanthema subitum, pseudorubella, roseola infantilis, roseola infantuma viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illnessa disease affecting the respiratory system congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disordera disease or disorder that is inherited genetically inflammatory diseasea disease characterized by inflammation autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorderany of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues eclampsiaa toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy pre-eclampsia, preeclampsiaabnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated deficiency diseaseany disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral) cystic breast disease, cystic mastitis, fibrocystic breast disease, fibrocystic disease of the breastthe presence of one or more cysts in a breast goiter, goitre, struma, thyromegalyabnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet heat hyperpyrexia, heatstrokecollapse caused by exposure to excessive heat algidityprostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure pappataci fever, phlebotomus, sandfly fevera mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disordera disease affecting the skin exostosisa benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) polyp, polypusa small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane pedunclethe thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body neoplasm, tumor, tumouran abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose malignance, malignancy(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death hamartomaa focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ eye diseaseany disease of the eye animal diseasea disease that typically does not affect human beings plant diseasea disease that affects plants ozaena, ozenaa chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures filariasisa disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels health problem, ill health, unhealthiness a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain |
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