China's first "mermaid baby" dies |
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| China's first "mermaid1 baby" is under treatment in a hospital in Hunan Province. |
| Dec.18 - China's first "mermaid baby" died of heart failure at 8 p.m. on Sunday in the Hunan Provincial2 Children's Hospital in central China, hospital sources said on Monday.
The condition of the "mermaid boy" had been deteriorating3, said Xu Zhiyue, head of the intensive care department of the Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital, based in the provincial capital Changsha.
The baby, born with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or "mermaid syndrome4", survived 38 days in the intensive care unit.
"Mermaid" syndrome is almost always fatal within days of birth due to serious defects in vital organs and complications associated with abnormal kidney and bladder development.
The baby was abandoned in front of the hospital gate and admitted on Nov. 12. A note found inside the baby's clothes said only that the baby was born on Nov. 9.
The baby's legs were joined together from thigh5 to heel. He also had no kidneys or urinary tract6, and his heart did not function properly. His anus and genitals were underdeveloped, and his intestines7 obstructed8.
Dialysis was used to keep the baby alive.
The baby's heart finally stopped on Sunday.
There are only two known cases in the world of children who survived the affliction. Tiffany Yorks, a 17-year-old American had her legs successfully separated when she was a baby, and two-year-old Milagros Cerron, from Peru had her legs surgically9 separated last year.
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mermaid
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| n.美人鱼 |
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- How popular would that girl be with the only mermaid mom!和人鱼妈妈在一起，那个女孩会有多受欢迎！
- The little mermaid wasn't happy because she didn't want to wait.小美人鱼不太高兴，因为她等不及了。
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provincial
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| adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人 |
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- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
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deteriorating
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| 恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 ) |
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- The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
- I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。
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syndrome
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| n.综合病症；并存特性 |
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- The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
- Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
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thigh
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| n.大腿；股骨 |
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- He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
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tract
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| n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林) |
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- He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
- He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。
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intestines
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| n.肠( intestine的名词复数 ) |
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- Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
- The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句
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obstructed
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| 阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止 |
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- Tall trees obstructed his view of the road. 有大树挡着，他看不到道路。
- The Irish and Bristol Channels were closed or grievously obstructed. 爱尔兰海峡和布里斯托尔海峡或遭受封锁，或受到了严重阻碍。
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surgically
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| adv. 外科手术上, 外科手术一般地 |
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- Unsightly moles can be removed surgically. 不雅观的痣可以手术去除。
- To bypass this impediment an almost mature egg cell is removed surgically. 为了克服这一障碍，通过手术，取出一个差不多成熟的卵细胞。
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