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clinical picture
The totality of symptoms, findings, and characteristic features that make up a specific disease.
Fieber und ein typischer Hautausschlag gehören zum Krankheitsbild von Masern.
Fever and a typical skin rash are part of the clinical picture of measles.
The word is made up of 'Krankheit' (illness/disease), the linking -s, and 'Bild' (picture). So it literally describes a 'picture of a disease', meaning the totality of its features.
Die Symptome passen nicht zu einem einzigen, klaren Krankheitsbild.
The symptoms do not fit a single, clear clinical picture.
You can recognize the meaning from the topic. In a medical context (symptoms, patient, doctor), the literal meaning is intended. In social or economic contexts (company, society, politics), the figurative meaning is intended.
Das Krankheitsbild der Grippe umfasst Fieber, Husten und Gliederschmerzen.
The clinical picture of the flu includes fever, cough, and aching limbs.
In the medical meaning, 'Krankheitsbild' (clinical picture) is a technical term. Typical verbs are 'zeigen' (to show), 'aufweisen' (to exhibit), or 'entsprechen' (to correspond to).
Der Patient zeigt das typische Krankheitsbild einer Lungenentzündung.
The patient shows the typical clinical picture of pneumonia.
In the figurative meaning, 'Krankheitsbild' (disease profile) is often used with the verb 'zeichnen' (to paint/draw) and a negative adjective such as 'düster' (bleak), 'erschreckend' (alarming), or 'desaströs' (disastrous).
Der Bericht zeichnet ein erschreckendes Krankheitsbild der sozialen Ungleichheit.
The report paints an alarming disease profile of social inequality.
illness / disease
'die Krankheit' and 'das Krankheitsbild' both belong to the topic of health. 'Krankheit' means an impaired state of health or a specific illness. 'Krankheitsbild' does not mean the disease itself, but its typical signs, meaning symptoms and findings together. Learners may confuse the words because both sound medical. In everyday language, people usually say 'Krankheit'. 'Krankheitsbild' fits better when doctors describe what a disease looks like and how it can be recognized.
Die Ärztin erklärte, dass Fieber und Husten zu diesem Krankheitsbild gehören.
The doctor explained that fever and coughing are part of this clinical picture.
Wegen einer schweren Krankheit konnte Paul mehrere Wochen nicht arbeiten.
Because of a serious illness, Paul could not work for several weeks.