English Dictionary

go-backs

名詞

アメリカ英語 古風 複数形 複数形のみ

(dated, US) A supposed disease of children causing weight loss and lack of growth.

日本語の意味

(日付、米国) 体重減少と成長不全を引き起こす小児の病気と考えられています。

In the late 19th century, doctors in the rural county recorded several cases of go-backs, a mysterious childhood ailment that caused severe weight loss and stunted growth.

19世紀後半、田舎の郡の医師たちは、重度の体重減少と成長不良を引き起こす謎の小児疾患である発育不良のいくつかの症例を記録した。

意味（1）

(dated, US) A supposed disease of children causing weight loss and lack of growth.

The scales are not yet asked to give a casting vote, but the gap between the growth which mother wants and that which baby yields seems to widen, and the reason becomes more and more mysterious until some wiser dame whispers the dreaded words: It has the Go-backs, and others echo, It has the Go-backs.