网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 Oroya fever
释义

Definition of Oroya fever in English:

Oroya fever

noun əˌrɔɪə ˈfiːvəɒˌrɔɪə ˈfiːvə
Medicine
  • A severe, febrile haemolytic anaemia caused by acute infection with Bartonella bacilliformis, a bacterium endemic to Peru and Ecuador which is transmitted by sandflies and also causes chronic warty skin lesions (verruga peruana). Also called Carrion's disease.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1820–1885). From the name of LaOroya, a town in central Peru + fever.

Definition of Oroya fever in US English:

Oroya fever

noun
Medicine
  • A severe, febrile haemolytic anaemia caused by acute infection with Bartonella bacilliformis, a bacterium endemic to Peru and Ecuador which is transmitted by sandflies and also causes chronic warty skin lesions (verruga peruana). Also called Carrion's disease.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1820–1885). From the name of LaOroya, a town in central Peru + fever.

随便看

 

双龙斋书画网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 slzcn.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2026/3/22 22:43:24