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asymptomatic

/ey-simp-tuh-mat-ik/US // ˌeɪ sɪmp təˈmæt ɪk //UK // (æˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk, eɪ-) //

无症状,无症状的,无症状者,没有症状

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : presenting no symptoms or evidence of illness or abnormality: Not only is hypertension one of the most serious chronic conditions, it is also classically asymptomatic.
    • : experiencing no symptoms or evidence of illness or abnormality:Asymptomatic parents are understandably distressed to learn they may have passed a debilitating affliction on to their children.

Examples

  • With this test, called RT-LAMP, you can simply spit into a tube and get results within 45 minutes, an easy way to identify asymptomatic individuals.

  • Fortunately, most people are either asymptomatic or have relatively mild symptoms.

  • Many of the new patients are younger and healthier, testing has expanded vastly—turning up asymptomatic infections that previously went undetected—and treatment has improved.

  • It is now back to thousands of new cases being added to the statistics each day, and that’s without the testing of asymptomatic people.

  • Hung said that at least 1 million people would need to be tested before experts could estimate the number of asymptomatic cases in Hong Kong.

  • And it's largely asymptomatic, so there's no good way for them to tell that they're being exposed.