单词 | 象皮病 |
释义 | 〔filaria〕Any of various slender, threadlike nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea that are parasitic in vertebrates and are often transmitted as larvae by mosquitos and other biting insects. The adult form lives in the blood and lymphatic tissues, causing inflammation and obstruction that can lead to elephantiasis.丝虫:丝虫科一种细长丝状蠕虫,寄生在脊椎动物体内并通常被蚊子和其它咬人昆虫以幼虫的方式传播。成虫寄生在血液或淋巴组织中,导致可以引发象皮病的肿痛发炎和障碍物〔elephantiasis〕Chronic, often extreme enlargement and hardening of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue, especially of the legs and external genitals, resulting from lymphatic obstruction and usually caused by infestation of the lymph glands and vessels with a filarial worm.象皮病:一种慢性的,通常是皮肤或皮下组织, 尤其是大腿和外生殖器的皮肤或皮下组织极度胀大和变得坚硬的疾病,病因是由于淋巴腺受阻碍,通常由于血丝虫钻入淋巴腺和器官引起 |
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