释义 |
Indian sickness ep·i·dem·ic gan·gre·nous proc·ti·tisa generally fatal disease affecting chiefly children in the tropics, characterized by gangrenous ulceration of the rectum and anus, accompanied by frequent watery stools and tenesmus. Synonym(s): bicho, caribi, Indian sicknessIndian sickness Uncertain; also known as epidemic gangrenous proctitis, a condition of uncertain pathogenesis which has disappeared from the working parlance. |