| 单词 | morgellons disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMorgellons disease 2. A disorder characterized by itching, creeping, or stinging sensations attributed to the presence of abnormal fibres embedded in or extruded from the skin. Also Morgellons disease. Frequently attributive.Generally regarded by physicians as a form of chronic pruritus with delusions of infestation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > itching diseases cratcha1400 pruritusa1400 prurit1612 prurigoa1646 prurition1748 prurigo1798 ground-itch1823 frost itch1887 Morgellons2002 2002 in www.morgellons.org (O.E.D. Archive) Individuals with the Morgellons experience itchy, inflamed, non-healing skin lesions... One of the most striking features of the Morgellons is the presence of fibers or filaments of unknown origin on or within skin lesions. 2005 Contra Costa Times (Nexis) 14 Mar. a1 One reason the delusional parasitosis diagnosis comes so quickly is that Morgellons patients often meet the classic definition of the syndrome. 2008 Washington Post 20 Jan. (Mag.) 12/2 Some call it the ‘fiber disease’, but most refer to it as Morgellons, a name taken from a similar condition of children wasting away with ‘harsh hairs’ described in the 17th century. 2014 C. Seife Virtual Unreality iv. 68 The CDC study was very gentle about dispelling the myth of Morgellons, saying only that it ‘shares a number of clinical and epidemiologic features’ with delusional parasitosis. < as lemmas |
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