Bosin's disease
- noun
- /ˈboʊsɪnz dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Bosin
- Early measles infection has been linked as a cause of Bosin's disease in young children.
Examples
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Bosin's disease is characterized by a slow but relentless deterioration of the central nervous system.
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Doctors struggle to treat patients diagnosed with Bosin's disease due to its rarity and severity.
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Doctors are still researching Bosin's disease.
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What are the symptoms of Bosin's disease?
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Bosin's disease is a severe condition that leads to progressive brain inflammation and can result in death among affected children.
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Children suffering from Bosin's disease often experience a gradual decline in their motor and cognitive functions.
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Research indicates that early exposure to the measles virus can trigger Bosin's disease in vulnerable young adults.
Synonyms
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A rare long-term brain disease after measles that slowly gets worse in children and young people
A brain inflammation after measles that slowly gets worse in young people and usually causes death within a few years
A rare long-lasting brain inflammation after measles in children and young adults that slowly gets worse and often causes death
A rare slow brain disease after measles in childhood that gets worse and often kills
A rare long-term brain infection caused by the measles virus that gets worse and often kills children and teenagers
A rare brain illness that slowly gets worse after measles and often causes death in young people
A rare brain infection after measles that slowly damages thinking and movement
A rare long-lasting brain infection from measles that mainly affects children and young adults and often kills within three years
Surface Forms
Morphology
Bosin's + disease
The noun 'disease' makes it immediately clear to a B1 learner that the phrase refers to an illness, so they can infer it's a disease named after someone called Bosin. However, the possessive proper name 'Bosin's' carries no lexical information about the specific condition (measles-related brain inflammation, prognosis), so the detailed meaning cannot be derived from the parts.
Etymology
Bosin's disease likely takes its name from a doctor called Bosin who first wrote about a slow, deadly illness of the brain after 'measles'. That's why the name now means this rare, progressive 'brain inflammation' caused by the 'measles virus'.