... refers to symptoms such as difficulty breathing, coughing, wheezing, and hoarseness caused by laryngeal obstruction in children. However, in common usage, the disease with these symptoms was formerly called diphtheria, and is now called acute laryngotracheobronchitis. In a broader sense, it is also a general term for acute obstructive lesions of the larynx, and can include pseudocroup, inhalation of foreign bodies, and acute epiglottitis. This word, which was used in Scotland in the past to mean "crying with a hoarse voice" or "croaking of crows or frogs," was used as a medical term by Edinburgh physician Francis Home in 1795, and came to be used as a symptom name. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "acute laryngotracheobronchitis" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…子どもの喉頭閉塞による呼吸困難や咳,喘鳴(ぜんめい),嗄声(させい)(しわがれ声)などの症状をさす。しかし慣用的には,これらの症状を呈する疾患名として,古くはジフテリアを,現在では急性喉頭気管気管支炎をさし,さらに広義には,喉頭の急性閉塞性病変の総称ともされて,仮性クループや異物の吸入,急性喉頭蓋炎などを含むこともある。古くスコットランドで〈しわがれ声で泣くこと〉〈カラスやカエルが鳴くこと〉などの意味で使われていたこの語を,1795年にエジンバラの医師ホームFrancis Homeが医学用語として用いたことから,症状名として用いられるようになった。… ※「急性喉頭気管気管支炎」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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