monkeypox

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disease of the skin of rodents and primates, including humans, caused by virus of species Orthopoxvirus monkeypox. uncountable
    — In a remote southwestern pocket of the Central African Republic, doctor Patrick Karume and his small team are on the jungle frontline to quarantine a rare outbreak of monkeypox.

词形变化

monkey-pox alternative monkey pox alternative

词源

From monkey + pox; originally so named based on cases in monkeys, although the name was a misnomer because monkeys are less of a reservoir for the disease than other animals are. More at Wikipedia (mpox § Nomenclature).
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