Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power, are always an index of how much is not understood about the physical terrain of a disease.
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n. 索引;<数>指数;指示;标志;
vt. 给…编索引;把…编入索引;[经济学]按生活指数调整（工资、价格等）;
vi. [机械学]转位;
💡 in(in)+dex(proclaim)→指针；索引；指数；食指；指标
"Look it up in the index."
在索引中查找。
近义：itemize, list, catalog, catalogue, classify, file
adj. 自然（界）的;身体的;物质的;自然规律的;
n. 身体检查，体格检查;
💡 phys生理领域 + ical ...的 → a.物质的；物理的；身体的
"the cult of physical fitness"
健身热
近义：material, personal, substantial, bodily, concrete, corporal
反义：unworldly
n. 地形，地势;地面，地带;[地理]岩层;（知识的）领域范围;
💡 terr地+ain表名词 → 地形；地域
"It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain."
我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带.
近义：area, realm, world, domain, field, ground
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 传染;使…有病;
💡 dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
近义：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反义：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. 内心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[脑]力的;〈口〉精神病的，意志薄弱的，愚笨的;
n. 精神病患者;
💡 ment思考，神智+al表形容词 → 智力的；精神的
"Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age."
随着年龄的增长,心智和体力自然衰退.
n. [机]动力，功率;力量;政权，权力;强国，大国;
vt. 运转;用发动机发动;使…有力量;
vi. 靠动力行进;快速行进;
adj. 权力的;机械能的，电动的;用电力（或动力）发动的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在对这台引擎进行改装以增加它的功率.
近义：move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反义：incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility