药学专业英语-AD-讲稿答题.doc

老年性痴呆 Alzheimer’s Disease  Introduction 简介 AD, first characterized by Alois Alzheimer in 1907, is a gradually progressive dementia affecting both cognition and behavior. 渐进性痴呆有认知和行为障碍。 Alzheimer [?lz?m?] n. 老年痴呆症（等于Alzheimer’s disease） The exact pathophysiologic mechanism underlying AD are not entirely known. 病理生理机制不清。 Although drugs may reduce Alzheimer’s symptoms for a time, the disease is eventually fatal.药物只能暂时改变症状，疾病将最终威胁生命。 The disease profoundly affects the family as well as the patient. 疾病不仅影响病人并将影响整个家庭生活质量。 progressive [pr?gres?v] n. 改革论者；进步分子 adj. 进步的；先进的 dementia [d?men??] n. [内科] 痴呆 cognition [k?gn??(?)n] n. 认识；知识；认识能力 behavior [biheivj?] n. 行为，举止；态度；反应 pathophysiologic [,p?θ?,fizi?l?d?ik] adj. 病理生理的 symptoms 基本翻译 n. [临床] 症状；症候；病徵 for a time 暂时；一段时期 fatal [fe?t(?)l] adj. 致命的；重大的；毁灭性的；命中注定的 profoundly [pr?fa?ndl?] adv. 深刻地；深深地；极度地 Dementia 1 痴呆1 Dementia are neuropsychiatric disorders defined by widespread symptoms of memory loss and deficits in cognition and reasoning.痴呆是一种神经心理疾病，伴有广泛记忆缺失及认知和推理的障碍。 Dementia is a nonspecific term describing a significant decline in cognitive function regardless of cause.痴呆是一个非特异性名词，通常形容认知障碍，而不考虑病因。 Dementias, synonymous with the popular lay term “senility”, result from underlying disease, and are not part of normal aging.痴呆俗称为衰老，通常由于某种疾病引起，不是年龄增长而引起的。 neuropsychiatric adj. 神经精神病学的 widespread [wa?dspred; -spred] adj. 普遍的，广泛的；分布广的 deficits n. [财政] 赤字，亏损（deficit的复数形式） reasoning:推理，论证 nonspecific [,n?nspisifik] adj. [医] 非特异性的；非特殊的 regardless of 不顾，不管 synonymous with 与...同义 synonymous [s?n?n?m?s] adj. 同义的；同义词的；同义突变的 popular [p?pj?l?] adj. 流行的，通俗的；受欢迎的；大众的；普及的 lay [le?] adj. 世俗的；外行的；没有经验的 n. 位置；短诗；花纹方向；叙事诗；性伙伴 vt. 躺下；产卵；搁放；放置；铺放；涂，敷 v. 躺；位于（lie的过去式） vi. 下蛋；打赌 senility [s?n?l?t?] n. [基医] 衰老；高龄；老态龙钟 Dementia 2 痴呆2 Delirium differs from dementia in that it develops ove