| 单词 | slim disease |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSlim disease 3. Usually with capital initial. [After the severe weight loss associated with the disease.] In Central Africa: = AIDS n. More fully, Slim disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > bacterial or viral disorders > [noun] > viral disorders > Aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome1982 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome1982 AIDS1982 gay plague1982 slim1985 1985 Lancet 19 Oct. 849/1 A new disease has recently been recognised in rural Uganda. Because the major symptoms are weight loss and diarrhoea, it is known locally as slim disease. 1986 Listener 5 June 10/1 Museveni's government has now been forced at least to recognise the AIDS problem (called ‘Slim’ in East Africa). 1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. v. 154/2 Enteropathic AIDS and severe weight loss (frequently due to Cryptosporidiosis) is characteristic in Africa, known in some localities as ‘slim’ disease. 1990 Independent on Sunday 1 Apr. (Review Suppl.) 10/4 Because it is the skilled élite..who have most money to spend on womanising, it is this group which is suffering the worst ravages of Slim. < as lemmas |
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