acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a serious disease that destroys the body's immune system (=its ability to defend itself against infection) and usually causes death. AIDS is passed from one person to another through body fluids (=liquids), especially blood and semen. People first become HIV-positive and then develop full-blown AIDS艾滋病,获得性免疫缺陷综合征
a type of flu (=an infectious disease that makes you hot and cold, tired and weak) that affectschickens and some other birds and animals and can also infect humans
a disease that killedmillions of people in Europe and Asia in the 14th century. Its medical name is bubonic plague. 黑死病(14世纪在欧洲和亚洲使上百万人死亡的疾病,其医学名称为bubonic plague)
a serious infectious disease that killedmillions of people in Europe and Asia in the past but is now fairly rare. It is passed on by the fleas that live on black rats. 腺鼠疫;黑死病
a serious disease affecting your stomach and intestines (=the long tube that carries waste out of your body) that often causes death. It is caused by drinking water or eating food infected with bacteria. 霍乱
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: a serious disease that gradually destroys your brain cells and causes death. Some types may be caused by eating meat from cows that have the disease BSE. 克罗伊茨费尔特—雅各布病,克—雅病(一种逐渐损害脑细胞可引起死亡的严重疾病;有些因食用患有疯牛病的牛的肉而引起)
an infectious disease that causes red spots on the skin. German measles is a minor illness in children and adults, but can cause serious physical damage to babies before they are born. A more technical name for this is rubella. 风疹;德国麻疹
a disease suffered by soldiers who fought in the 1991 war in the Persian Gulf. The cause of the disease is not exactly known. 海湾战争综合征(参加1991年海湾战争的士兵所患的一种原因不明的病症)
Middle East Respiratory (Virus) Syndrome: a serious illness that affects your chest. It was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012.This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 12/05/2014
a serious infectious disease that mostly affects children. It destroys muscle and can cause paralysis (=lack of movement in your arms and legs). Polio is a short form of the more technical word poliomyelitis. 小儿麻痹症;脊髓灰质炎
a disease that mainly affects children in which their bones become soft and bend. It is caused by a lack of vitamin D in the food that they eat or by too little exposure to sunlight. (儿童因缺乏维生素D或接触阳光过少而患的)佝偻病
an infectious disease that causes red spots on your skin. Rubella is a minor illness in children and adults, but can cause serious physical damage to babies before they are born. A less technical name for this is German measles. 风疹;德国麻疹
a disease similar to flu that spreads quickly from one person to another and causesproblems such as a sore throat and cough, thought to be related to a virus which infectspigs
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: a form of CJD (=brain disease) that has recently been recognized and that mainly affects younger people 克雅氏病变体(最近发现的脑部疾病克雅氏病的一种变体,主要影响年轻人)
a serious disease affecting the lungs, caused by breathing in small pieces of coal over a long period of time. Black lung especially affects people who work in coal mines.