disease : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
  Addison's syndrome; hypoadrenalism; hypoadrenocorticism.
  

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Ad"di*son's dis*ease"

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1. (Med.) A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

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• noun an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated
  osteopetrosis; Albers-Schonberg disease.
  

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• noun fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting multiple bones
  polyostotic fibrous dysplasia.
  

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• noun a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness
  Alzheimer's; Alzheimers.
  

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• noun a disease that typically does not affect human beings
  

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• noun any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
  autoimmune disorder.
  

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• noun a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
  autosomal dominant disorder.
  

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• noun a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome
  autosomal recessive defect.
  

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• noun an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
  brucellosis; contagious abortion.
  

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• noun a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis
  Banti's syndrome.
  

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Ba"se*dow's dis*ease"

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1. (Med.) A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

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• noun a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
  liver rot; distomatosis; sheep rot.
  

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• noun lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
  anthracosis; coal miner's lung; black lung.
  

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• noun congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son
  haemophilia; hemophilia.
  

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• noun a disease or disorder of the blood
  blood disorder.
  

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• noun an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
  diaphragmatic pleurisy; myosis; epidemic pleurodynia; epidemic myalgia.
  

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• noun a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
  subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; SSPE; Dawson's encephalitis; subacute inclusion body encephalitis; inclusion body encephalitis; Van Bogaert encephalitis; sclerosing leukoencephalitis.
  

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• noun any disorder or disease of the brain
  brain disorder; encephalopathy.
  

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• noun an inflammation of the kidney
  nephritis.
  

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Bright's" dis*ease"

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1. (Med.) An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.

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• . (Pathol.) See Addison's disease.

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• noun pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
  bends; gas embolism; air embolism; aeroembolism; decompression sickness.
  

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• noun a disease of the heart or blood vessels
  

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• noun a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat
  

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• noun a disorder in children and adults; inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten); symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation; often accompanied by lactose intolerance
  

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• noun a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
  CDC.
  

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• noun a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
  hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy.
  

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• noun a disease of American chestnut trees
  chestnut canker; chestnut blight.
  

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• noun a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
  haemophilia B; hemophilia B.
  

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• one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.

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• noun a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers
  

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• noun a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk
  

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• noun a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
  

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• noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
  inherited disorder; genetic disorder; genetic disease; hereditary disease; hereditary condition; congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect.
  

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• noun any disease easily transmitted by contact
  contagion.
  

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• noun a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries
  atherosclerosis.
  

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• noun a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart
  

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• noun sclerosis of the arterial walls
  arterial sclerosis; arteriosclerosis; induration of the arteries; hardening of the arteries.
  

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• noun rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
  Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; CJD.
  

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• noun a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
  regional enteritis; regional ileitis.
  

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• noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
  STD; VD; venereal infection; Cupid's disease; sexually transmitted disease; dose; Venus's curse; social disease; Cupid's itch.
  

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• noun a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity
  hyperadrenalism.
  

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• noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
  fibrocystic breast disease; cystic mastitis; cystic breast disease.
  

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• noun a rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus)
  keratosis follicularis.
  

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• noun any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)
  

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• noun chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
  osteoarthritis; degenerative arthritis.
  

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• . See under Germ.

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• noun a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions
  

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• noun a disease affecting the skin
  disease of the skin; skin disorder.
  

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• noun disease of elms caused by a fungus
  

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• noun a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
  endemic.
  

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• noun any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
  

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• (Med.), one that is not dependent on another.

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• noun any disease of the eye
  

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• (Biol. & Med.), the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See Germ theory.

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• noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
  fibrocystic breast disease; cystic mastitis; cystic breast disease.
  

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• noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
  fibrocystic breast disease; cystic mastitis; cystic breast disease.
  

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• noun the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
  mucoviscidosis; CF; cystic fibrosis; pancreatic fibrosis.
  

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• (Med.), a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water.

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• a contagious disease (Eczema epizoötica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.

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• noun acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
  foot-and-mouth disease.
  

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• (Med.), a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a cause, often unknown, external to itself opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

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• noun a rare chronic disorder of lipid metabolism of genetic origin
  

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• noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
  inherited disorder; genetic disorder; genetic disease; hereditary disease; hereditary condition; congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect.
  

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• noun a disorder of the glands of the body
  glandular disorder; adenosis; gland disease.
  

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• noun a disorder of the glands of the body
  glandular disorder; adenosis; gland disease.
  

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• noun exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs
  exophthalmic goiter.
  

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Graves"' dis*ease"

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1. Same as Basedow's disease.

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• noun a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness
  Marburg hemorrhagic fever; green monkey disease.
  

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• noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
  dracunculiasis; Guinea worm.
  

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• noun inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus
  Hand-Schuller-Christian disease.
  

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• noun chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
  leprosy.
  

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• noun autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland; most common in middle-aged women
  

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• noun a disease of the heart
  cardiopathy.
  

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• noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
  inherited disorder; genetic disorder; genetic disease; hereditary disease; hereditary condition; congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect.
  

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• noun congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves; there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon
  congenital megacolon.
  

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• noun a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver
  

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Hodg`kin's dis*ease"

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1. (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.

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• noun acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
  foot-and-mouth disease.
  

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• noun infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin
  hookworm.
  

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• noun hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia
  Huntington's chorea.
  

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• noun hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation
  lipochondrodystrophy; Hurler's syndrome; gargoylism; dysostosis multiplex.
  

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• noun an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli
  respiratory distress syndrome; respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn.
  

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• noun infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms)
  echinococcosis; hydatidosis.
  

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• noun any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause
  idiopathy; idiopathic disorder.
  

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• noun disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
  industrial disease.
  

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• noun a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
  

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• noun inflammation of the colon
  colitis.
  

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• noun a disease characterized by inflammation
  

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• noun a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
  inherited disorder; genetic disorder; genetic disease; hereditary disease; hereditary condition; congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect.
  

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• (Med.), a disease existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is.

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• noun pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints
  bronzed diabetes; iron overload; hemochromatosis.
  

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• (Med.), a rheumatic or neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; called also sciatica.

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• noun rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control
  Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; CJD.
  

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• noun the endemic form of beriberi
  

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• noun an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause
  mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome.
  

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• noun a disease affecting the kidneys
  nephrosis; renal disorder; nephropathy.
  

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• noun an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
  infectious mononucleosis; mono; glandular fever; mononucleosis.
  

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• noun epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin
  myoclonus epilepsy.
  

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• noun any plant disease localized in the foliage
  

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• noun acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough
  

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• noun cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
  Borrelia burgdorferi.
  

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• noun a disease affecting the liver
  

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• noun a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis
  locoism.
  

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• noun thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
  ALS; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  

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• noun an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick
  Lyme arthritis.
  

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• noun a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation
  bovine spongiform encephalitis; BSE.
  

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• noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
  cancer.
  

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• noun an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood
  branched chain ketoaciduria.
  

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• noun an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated
  osteopetrosis; Albers-Schonberg disease.
  

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• noun a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness
  Marburg hemorrhagic fever; green monkey disease.
  

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• noun a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis
  ankylosing spondylitis; rheumatoid spondylitis.
  

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• noun an inherited disease in which abnormal amounts of glycogen accumulate in skeletal muscle; results in weakness and cramping
  

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• noun a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral)
  

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Mé`nière's" dis*ease" (Also<

• Meniere's disease
• Ménière's disease

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1. (Med.) A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoördination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Ménière, a French physician.

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• noun any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
  psychopathy; mental illness.
  

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• noun a form of mercury poisoning among people who ate fish from mercury-contaminated waters of Minamata Bay off Japan in the 1950s; characterized by severe neurological degeneration
  

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• noun an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)
  moniliasis; candidiasis.
  

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• noun an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
  monogenic disorder.
  

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• (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.

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• noun a disorder of the nervous system
  nervous disorder; neurological disorder.
  

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• noun disease of domestic fowl and other birds
  

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• noun a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait
  

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• noun disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
  industrial disease.
  

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• (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; opposed to functional disease.

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• noun a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly; excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities
  osteitis deformans.
  

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• noun a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
  paralysis agitans; shaking palsy; Parkinson's; Parkinsonism; Parkinson's syndrome.
  

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• noun infectious disease of birds
  psittacosis.
  

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• noun inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge
  PID.
  

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• noun a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
  periodontitis.
  

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• (Med.), a disease common among workers in phosphorus, giving rise to necrosis of the jawbone, and other symptoms.

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• noun a progressive form of presenile dementia found most often in middle-aged and elderly women and characterized by degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes with loss of intellectual ability and transitory aphasia
  

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• noun serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae
  

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• noun fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc
  Corticium salmonicolor.
  

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• noun a disease that affects plants
  

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• noun kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure
  PKD.
  

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• noun an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once
  polygenic disorder.
  

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• (Med.). See Ichthyosis.

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• noun a blight of potatoes
  potato murrain; potato mold; potato mildew; potato blight.
  

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• noun TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
  

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Pott's" dis*ease"

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1. (Med.) Caries of the vertebræ, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon. Dunglison.

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• noun a serious bacterial disease of young chickens
  bacillary white diarrhea; bacillary white diarrhoea.
  

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• noun disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
  Takayasu's arteritis.
  

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• noun a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
  woolsorter's pneumonia; inhalation anthrax; ragpicker's disease; pulmonary anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease.
  

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• noun a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
  woolsorter's pneumonia; inhalation anthrax; ragpicker's disease; pulmonary anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease.
  

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• noun an inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis
  Reiter's syndrome.
  

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• noun a disease affecting the respiratory system
  respiratory illness; respiratory disorder.
  

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• noun heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood
  

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• noun disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium
  

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• noun infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
  rickettsiosis.
  

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• noun chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets
  pyorrhoea; pyorrhea alveolaris; pyorrhea.
  

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• noun disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum
  tobacco wilt; ring rot.
  

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• noun a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
  Tay-Sachs; infantile amaurotic idiocy; Sachs disease.
  

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• noun inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus
  Hand-Schuller-Christian disease.
  

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• noun plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed
  sclerotium rot.
  

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• noun a delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serum
  serum sickness.
  

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• noun a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life
  severe combined immunodeficiency; SCID.
  

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• noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
  STD; VD; venereal infection; Cupid's disease; sexually transmitted disease; dose; Venus's curse; social disease; Cupid's itch.
  

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• noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
  sickle-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anaemia; drepanocytic anaemia; crescent-cell anemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anemia.
  

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• noun a disease affecting the skin
  disease of the skin; skin disorder.
  

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• . (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, under Sclerema.

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• noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
  STD; VD; venereal infection; Cupid's disease; sexually transmitted disease; dose; Venus's curse; social disease; Cupid's itch.
  

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• (Med.) (a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect upon the blood and tissues or upon some special tissue . (b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a definite and peculiar poison or organism.

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• noun a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death
  juvenile amaurotic idiocy.
  

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• (Med.), a disease which occurs in single and scattered cases. See the Note under Endemic, a.

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• noun a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant
  myotonic muscular dystrophy; myotonia atrophica; myotonic dystrophy.
  

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• noun a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded
  juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
  

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• noun the ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the disease
  

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• noun a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
  Tay-Sachs; infantile amaurotic idiocy; Sachs disease.
  

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• noun a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness
  myotonia congenita.
  

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Thom"sen's dis*ease"

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1. (Med.) An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction.

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• noun the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
  tin plague; tin pest.
  

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• noun transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia
  scrub typhus.
  

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• noun heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation
  

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• noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
  STD; VD; venereal infection; Cupid's disease; sexually transmitted disease; dose; Venus's curse; social disease; Cupid's itch.
  

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• noun autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities
  neurofibromatosis.
  

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• noun a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding
  vascular hemophilia; angiohemophilia.
  

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• noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  white plague; phthisis; consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
  

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• noun a severe form of leptospirosis in human beings
  

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• noun autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
  

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• noun purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors
  thrombocytopenic purpura; idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica.
  

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• noun a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain
  hepatolenticular degeneration.
  

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• noun any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots
  wilt.
  

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• (Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep.

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• noun a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
  woolsorter's pneumonia; inhalation anthrax; ragpicker's disease; pulmonary anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease.
  

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• noun an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
  zoonosis.
  

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• (Med.), any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment.

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