| 单词 | pink disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspink disease pink disease n. Medicine a disease of children caused by mercury poisoning, characterized by pinkness of parts of the body, restlessness, and photophobia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by mercury hydrargyrosis1753 hydrargyria1810 mercurialism1829 acrodynia1830 hydrargyriasis1854 mercurialization1883 pink disease1921 1921 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 19 Feb. 146/1 When the rash is marked it is common to find the glands in the axillæ and groins enlarged. It is this pink rash, that leads to the name ‘pink disease’. 1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xvii. 28/1 Pink disease earns its name from the colour of the hands and feet and not from an imaginary Dr Pink to whom many students credit its discovery. 1992 Time 6 July 22/2 Josef Warkany..found that ‘pink disease’, which killed or injured thousands of children until mid-century, was caused by mercury poisoning from teething powders and ointments. < as lemmas |
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