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It's mutating, getting even stronger and showing signs of resistance to one of only two drugs able to combat it.
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Experts fret that the new strain could spark a global health epidemic.
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響應3月24日「世界結核病日」(World TB Day),衛生署疾病管制局(Taiwan CDC)邀請美國疾管局(US CDC)官員來台研討,期能加速達到世界衛生組(WHO)「結 核病10年減半」的目標。 這場「2008國際結核病研討會」將於本周日(23日)在台大 醫院國際會議中心召開
TB
tuberculosis Show phonetics
noun [U] (ABBREVIATION TB)(肺)結核
a serious disease which is infectious and can attack many parts of a person's body, especially their lungs[Latin tūberculum, tubercle; see tubercle + –OSIS.]
Medical Dictionary: –osis
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- Condition; process; action: osmosis. 滲透
- Diseased or abnormal condition: neurosis. 精神官能症
- Increase; formation: leukocytosis. 白細菌增多
adjective
-rrhea (-rrhoea 英國拼法)
- Main Entry:
- -rrhea
- Function:
- noun combining form
- Etymology:
- Middle English -ria, from Late Latin -rrhoea, from Greek -rrhoia, from rhoia, from rhein to flow — more at stream
: flow : discharge 都表非自願流出/射出
例如
leukorrhea 白帶 >
- Main Entry:
- leu·kor·rhea
- Pronunciation:
- \ˌlü-kə-ˈrē-ə\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- New Latin
- Date:
- circa 1797
: a whitish viscid discharge from the vagina resulting from inflammation or congestion of the mucous membrane
gonorrhea 淋病gonorrhoea
- Main Entry:
- gon·or·rhea
- Pronunciation:
- \ˌgä-nə-ˈrē-ə\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- New Latin, from Late Latin, morbid loss of semen, from Greek gonorrhoia, from gon- + -rrhoia -rrhea
- Date:
- circa 1526
: a contagious inflammation of the genital mucous membrane caused by the gonococcus —called also clap
diarrhea
- Main Entry:
- di·ar·rhea
- Pronunciation:
- \ˌdī-ə-ˈrē-ə\
- Function:
- noun 腹瀉
- Etymology:
- Middle English diaria, from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein to flow through, from dia- + rhein to flow — more at stream
- Date:
- 14th century
1 : abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools 2 : excessive flow diarrhe>>
logorrhea 多語症
: excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness
spermatorrhea 遺精
: excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness
spermatorrhea 遺精
MRSA
【医】methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus メチシリン耐性黄色ブドウ球菌.
研究官 加藤 はる. ●Clostridium difficile 関連下痢症・腸炎●. Clostridium difficile
は偽膜性大腸炎の原因菌としてよく知られていますが、C. difficile ...
gonorrhea
Definitions of gonorrhea
noun
a venereal disease involving inflammatory discharge from the urethra or vagina.
Infection with gonorrhea , chlamydia and hepatitis is also common.
淋病
- [gɑ`nəríːə | gɔ`nəríə]
[名][U]淋疾(りんしつ), 淋病.
-al
[形]淋病の, 淋菌性の.
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