硬皮病

yìngpíbìng

noun #30,145

Meanings

1 scleroderma
2 systemic sclerosis

Characters

illness, disease

Examples

硬皮病是一种自身免疫性疾病。

Yìngpíbìng shì yī zhǒng zìshēn miǎnyìxìng jíbìng.

Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease.

她被诊断为系统性硬皮病。

Tā bèi zhěnduàn wéi xìtǒngxìng yìngpíbìng.

She was diagnosed with systemic scleroderma.

Tips

memory

A literal calque of the Greek-derived English term: 硬 (hard) + 皮 (skin) + 病 (disease) = scleroderma (sclero-, hard + -derma, skin). The Chinese name says exactly what the disease does — hardens the skin and connective tissue.

Stroke Order

硬 yìng

皮 pí

病 bìng