subclinical
/sʌbˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/ (bre, ipa) · /sʌbˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌsəb-ˈkli-ni-kəl/ (ame, mw)
subclinical — 形容詞
- subclinicalpositive
- more subclinicalcomparative
- most subclinicalsuperlative
1. describes a medical condition or disease that exists inside the body but produce
亞臨床的
疾病存在但無明顯症狀
describes a medical condition or disease that exists inside the body but produces no noticeable signs or symptoms that a person or a routine check-up would normally detect.
A subclinical infection may still trigger an immune response that the patient never notices.
亞臨床感染仍然可能引發免疫反應，但病人完全不會注意到。
subclinical + infection; attributive use
Doctors discovered a subclinical thyroid condition when routine blood tests were run on Astrid.
Astrid 做例行血液檢查時，才發現有亞臨床的甲狀腺問題。
Many people with subclinical depression go through daily life without realising anything is wrong.
許多有亞臨床憂鬱症的人照常過日子，完全不知道自己有什麼不對勁。
The chest X-ray revealed a subclinical lung infection that had not yet caused any coughing.
胸部 X 光顯示肺部有亞臨床感染，還未引發任何咳嗽症狀。
Routine health screening can detect subclinical disease long before a patient feels unwell.
例行健康檢查可以在病人感覺不適之前，就發現亞臨床疾病。
- asymptomatic
more general term—any condition with no symptoms, whether detectable by tests or not
- latent
implies the condition is present but inactive; may become active later
- inapparent
broader, not limited to medicine; means not clearly visible or obvious
- silent
used informally for conditions that cause no symptoms, e.g. silent heart attack
- symptomatic
producing noticeable symptoms
- clinical
at the stage where symptoms are visible and a diagnosis can be made by examination
- overt
clearly present and observable
文法句型
subclinical + noun (infection / disease / condition)
be + subclinical
用法筆記
Commonly used before a noun describing a medical condition (infection, disease, inflammation). The condition is real and detectable through lab tests or imaging, but the patient experiences no symptoms.