释义 |
pick's disease I. \ˈpiks-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Arnold Pick died 1924 Czech psychiatrist : a condition marked by progressive impairment of intellect and judgment and transitory aphasia, caused by progressive atrophic changes of the cerebral cortex, and found chiefly in elderly women II. noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Friedel Pick died 1926 German physician : pericarditis with adherent pericardium resulting in circulatory disturbances with edema and ascites |