| 释义 |
pig-bel Med.|ˌpɪgˈbɛl|
Also pigbel.
[See quot. 1966.]
A severe necrotizing enterocolitis found in Papua New Guinea, caused by Clostridium welchii and associated with feasts of pork.
1966T. G. C. Murrell et al. in Lancet 29 Jan. 217/2 It was felt that the syndrome in New Guinea, being ætiologically related to pig-feasting, should be designated by a specific name. ‘Pig-bel’ has been proposed because this is the ‘pidgin English’ name used by medical orderlies to describe the abdominal discomfort which follows a large pork meal. 1969Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics vi. 273 A diffuse sloughing enteritis of the jejunum, ileum, and colon (enteritis necroticans, ‘pigbel’) has been described in Germany and New Guinea... It is the commonest acute abdominal condition requiring laparotomy in hospital practice in the highlands of New Guinea. The disease in this area, in both epidemic and sporadic forms, is related to pig feasting. 1977Lancet 17 Sept. 617/2 The epidemic forms of necrotising enteritis (‘pig⁓bel’ and Darmbrand enteritis) have been consistently associated with strains of C. welchi producing mainly b [recte β] toxin. |