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;<數>指數;指示;標志;
vt. 給…編索引;把…編入索引;[經濟學]按生活指數調整（工資、價格等）;
vi. [機械學]轉位;
?? in(in)+dex(proclaim)→指針；索引；指數；食指；指標
"Look it up in the index."
在索引中查找。
近義：itemize, list, catalog, catalogue, classify, file
adj. 自然（界）的;身體的;物質的;自然規律的;
n. 身體檢查，體格檢查;
?? phys生理領域 + ical ...的 → a.物質的；物理的；身體的
"the cult of physical fitness"
健身熱
近義：material, personal, substantial, bodily, concrete, corporal
反義：unworldly
n. 地形，地勢;地面，地帶;[地理]巖層;（知識的）領域范圍;
?? terr地+ain表名詞 → 地形；地域
"It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain."
我們花了一整天的時間艱難地穿過那片遍布巖石的地帶.
近義：area, realm, world, domain, field, ground
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 傳染;使…有病;
?? dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全國40%左右的人口患有這種疾病。
近義：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反義：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. 內心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[腦]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表形容詞 → 智力的；精神的
"Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age."
隨著年齡的增長,心智和體力自然衰退.
n. [機]動力，功率;力量;政權，權力;強國，大國;
vt. 運轉;用發動機發動;使…有力量;
vi. 靠動力行進;快速行進;
adj. 權力的;機械能的，電動的;用電力（或動力）發動的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在對這臺引擎進行改裝以增加它的功率.
近義：move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反義：incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility