cerebral 復習
Smoking caused 2 trillion yen in damage in fiscal 2015: study
Smoking caused 2.05 trillion yen ($18.44 billion) in damage to Japanese society in fiscal 2015, mainly in the form of treating cancer and other tobacco-related conditions, a health ministry survey showed.
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Igarashi and his colleagues examined the financial damage of dealing with cancer, cerebral strokes and other diseases listed by the ministry as having strong connections to smoking, as well as dementia, asthma and other conditions whose links with smoking are suggested.
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http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/AJ201809190001.html
今回取り上げるのは、cerebral /sérəːbrəl/ です。以下で意味等を確認していきます。
まず、LDOCEで引いてみると、“medical relating to or effecting your brain” とあり、『ジーニアス英和大辞典』には、「(大)脳の」とありました。
続いて、ODEで語源を調べると、“early 19th cent. : from Latin cerebrum ‘brain’ +-AL.” と定義されていました。
以上から、“cerebral stroke” で「脳卒中」であることが分かりました。（Otoyo）
