The cognitive evolution from “Plague” to “Infectious Disease”
According to the Grand Chinese Dictionary, plague is defined to be an acute infectious disease. The Chinese term “infectious disease” is not what it is commonly thought originated from Japanese. The medical nomenclature shift from the traditional “plague” to the modern “infectious disease” is comple...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Chinese Medicine and Culture |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cmaconweb.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9627;year=2020;volume=3;issue=4;spage=189;epage=200;aulast=Gao |