Disease
Meanings and phrases
disease
- an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
Addison 's disease
- 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
Albers-Schonberg disease
- an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated; osteopetrosis; marble bones disease
Albright 's disease
- fibrous dysplasia of bone affecting multiple bones; polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Alzheimer 's disease
- 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
Bang 's disease
- an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings; brucellosis; contagious abortion
Banti 's disease
- a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis; Banti's syndrome
Bornholm disease
- an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest); epidemic pleurodynia; epidemic myalgia; myosis; diaphragmatic pleurisy
Bosin 's disease
- 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; SSPE; inclusion body encephalitis; subacute inclusion body encephalitis; sclerosing leukoencephalitis; subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; Dawson's encephalitis; Van Bogaert encephalitis
Bright 's disease
- an inflammation of the kidney; nephritis
n.
- 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
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- 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
Christmas disease
- a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX; hemophilia B; haemophilia B
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- 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; CJD; Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
Crohn 's disease
- 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
Cupid 's disease
- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact; venereal disease; VD; venereal infection; social disease; Cupid's itch; Venus's curse; dose; sexually transmitted disease; STD
Cushing 's disease
- a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity; hyperadrenalism
Darier 's disease
- a rare hereditary condition marked by dark crusted patches (sometimes containing pus); keratosis follicularis
Gaucher 's disease
- a rare chronic disorder of lipid metabolism of genetic origin
Graves ' disease
- exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs; exophthalmic goiter
n.
- 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; Guinea worm; dracunculiasis
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
- 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; Schuller-Christian disease
Hansen 's disease
- 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
Hashimoto 's disease
- autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland; most common in middle-aged women
Hirschsprung 's disease
- 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
Hodgkin 's disease
- a malignant disorder in which there is progressive (but painless) enlargement of lymph tissue followed by enlargement of the spleen and liver
Huntington 's disease
- hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia; Huntington's chorea
Hurler 's disease
- 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; Hurler's syndrome; gargoylism; dysostosis multiplex; lipochondrodystrophy
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
- 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
Kawasaki disease
- an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause; mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Lafora 's disease
- epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin; myoclonus epilepsy
Legionnaires ' disease
- 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
n.
- cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes; Borrelia burgdorferi
Lou Gehrig 's disease
- 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; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS
Lyme disease
- 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
Marburg disease
- 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
Marie-Strumpell disease
- a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis; ankylosing spondylitis; rheumatoid spondylitis
McArdle 's disease
- an inherited disease in which abnormal amounts of glycogen accumulate in skeletal muscle; results in weakness and cramping
Meniere 's disease
- a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral)
Minamata disease
- 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
Newcastle disease
- disease of domestic fowl and other birds
Niemann-Pick disease
- a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait
Paget 's disease
- 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
Parkinson 's disease
- a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination; paralysis agitans; Parkinsonism; Parkinson's syndrome; Parkinson's; shaking palsy
Pick 's disease
- 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
Pott 's disease
- TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
Reiter 's disease
- an inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis; Reiter's syndrome
Riggs ' disease
- chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets; pyorrhea; pyorrhoea; pyorrhea alveolaris
Sachs disease
- 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 disease; Tay-Sachs; infantile amaurotic idiocy
Schuller-Christian disease
- 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
Spielmeyer-Vogt disease
- 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
Steinert 's disease
- 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; myotonic dystrophy; myotonia atrophica
Still 's disease
- a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded; juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Tay-Sachs disease
- 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; Sachs disease; infantile amaurotic idiocy
Thomsen 's disease
- a mild, rare, congenital form of myotonia characterized by muscle stiffness; myotonia congenita
Weil 's disease
- a severe form of leptospirosis in human beings
Werdnig-Hoffman disease
- 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
Werlhof 's disease
- purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors; thrombocytopenic purpura; idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica
Wilson 's disease
- a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain; hepatolenticular degeneration
n.
- 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
- Her aunt died of scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease.
- Sometimes antigens are part of the host itself in an autoimmune disease.
- Gluten ataxia is an autoimmune disease triggered by the ingestion of gluten.
n.
- a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome; autosomal dominant disorder
n.
- a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome; autosomal recessive defect
n.
- a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products; sheep rot; liver rot; distomatosis
n.
- lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust; anthracosis; black lung; coal miner's lung
n.
- congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son; hemophilia; haemophilia
n.
- pain resulting from rapid change in pressure; decompression sickness; aeroembolism; air embolism; gas embolism; bends
n.
- a disease of the heart or blood vessels
- : cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, obesity).
- Also used to prevent cardiovascular disease in those at high risk.
- Macnamara died at the age of 69 from cardiovascular disease in 1968.
n.
- a disorder in children and adults; inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten); symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation; often accompanied by lactose intolerance
- Some evidence links epilepsy and celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity, while other evidence does not.
- When excessive or malodorous, flatus can be a sign of a health disorder, such as irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease or lactose intolerance.
- The gluten in wheat bread is dangerous to people with celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders, such as non-celiac gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy.
chestnut-bark disease
- a disease of American chestnut trees; chestnut blight; chestnut canker
n.
- a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers
n.
- a wildlife disease (akin to bovine spongiform encephalitis) that affects deer and elk
n.
- a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically; genetic disease; genetic disorder; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; inherited disease; inherited disorder; hereditary disease; hereditary condition
n.
- a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries; atherosclerosis
- Dietary changes can decrease coronary artery disease.
- Most MIs occur due to coronary artery disease.
- An autopsy concluded that Dunn died of coronary artery disease.
n.
- a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart
- Lp-PLA is associated with coronary heart disease and stroke.
- However, if the person already had coronary heart disease the reduction was 25%.
- The COAG Laboratory ran until 2000 carrying out research into aspects of nutrition and health, especially the prevention of coronary heart disease.
coronary-artery disease
- sclerosis of the arterial walls; arteriosclerosis; arterial sclerosis; hardening of the arteries; induration of the arteries
n.
- the presence of one or more cysts in a breast; fibrocystic breast disease; fibrocystic disease of the breast; cystic mastitis
n.
- any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)
n.
- chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age; osteoarthritis; degenerative arthritis
n.
- a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions
n.
- 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
n.
- any disease of the eye
- He was born with a progressive eye disease, but had normal sight as a child.
- Giant papillary conjunctivitis accounts for 0.5–1.0% of eye disease in most countries.
- Traction caused by VMA is the underlying pathology of an eye disease called symptomatic VMA.
n.
- the presence of one or more cysts in a breast; fibrocystic disease of the breast; cystic breast disease; cystic mastitis
n.
- the presence of one or more cysts in a breast; fibrocystic breast disease; cystic breast disease; cystic mastitis
n.
- 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; cystic fibrosis; CF; pancreatic fibrosis; mucoviscidosis
foot-and-mouth disease
- acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs; hoof-and-mouth disease
n.
- a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically; genetic disorder; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; congenital disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder; hereditary disease; hereditary condition
- TSC is a multisystem genetic disease with mutation in either TSC1 or TSC2 gene.
- Environment plays a major role in effects of the human genetic disease phenylketonuria.
- This product is used to treat a rare human genetic disease linked with mutations in the EDA1 gene.
n.
- a disorder of the glands of the body; glandular disease; glandular disorder; adenosis
n.
- a disorder of the glands of the body; gland disease; glandular disorder; adenosis
n.
- a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness; Marburg disease; Marburg hemorrhagic fever
n.
- a disease of the heart; cardiopathy
- He died in 1910 of heart disease at the age of 52.
- She had suffered from heart disease and diabetes.
- Grinkov's father died of heart disease in 1991.
n.
- a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically; genetic disease; genetic disorder; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; congenital disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder; hereditary condition
hoof-and-mouth disease
- acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs; foot-and-mouth disease
n.
- infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin; hookworm
n.
- 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
n.
- any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause; idiopathic disorder; idiopathy
n.
- disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts); occupational disease
n.
- a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
- In 1563, an infectious disease hospital operated in Nevlje.
- The two worked at the infectious disease hospital in Colentina.
- Infectious cheilitis refers to cheilitis caused by infectious disease.
n.
- inflammation of the colon; colitis
- Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the principal types of inflammatory bowel disease.
- Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk of developing colorectal cancers.
- He decided to support the CCFC, to help raise funds and support research into inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
n.
- a disease characterized by inflammation
- Tumefactive multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating and inflammatory disease.
- Other than surgery, endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease are typical causes.
- When she was hospitalized for pelvic inflammatory disease in Provincetown, Waters and Mink Stole visited Mueller.
n.
- a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically; genetic disease; genetic disorder; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; congenital disease; inherited disorder; hereditary disease; hereditary condition
iron-storage disease
- 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; hemochromatosis; iron overload; bronzed diabetes
kakke disease
- the endemic form of beriberi
n.
- a disease affecting the kidneys; renal disorder; nephropathy; nephrosis
- : cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, obesity).
- He wrote one of the first accounts of familial kidney disease.
- He died of chronic kidney disease on 23 January 1969, aged 60.
n.
- 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; mononucleosis; mono; glandular fever
n.
- a disease affecting the liver
- Caution should be used in people with liver disease.
- In 1813, he fell ill and died of liver disease.
- She was under treatment for liver disease on her last days
n.
- a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis; locoism
n.
- a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation; bovine spongiform encephalitis; BSE
n.
- 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
n.
- 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
n.
- an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated; osteopetrosis; Albers-Schonberg disease
n.
- any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention; mental illness; psychopathy
n.
- an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans); candidiasis; moniliasis
n.
- 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
n.
- 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
n.
- a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth; periodontitis
- predominate in periodontal disease and periodontal abscesses.
- The diets of the wealthy were rich in sugars, which promoted periodontal disease.
- The bone destruction patterns that occur as a result of periodontal disease generally take on characteristic forms.
n.
- serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae
n.
- fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc; Corticium salmonicolor
n.
- kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure; PKD
pullorum disease
- a serious bacterial disease of young chickens; bacillary white diarrhea; bacillary white diarrhoea
n.
- disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries; Takayasu's arteritis
n.
- 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; pulmonary anthrax; inhalation anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease; woolsorter's pneumonia; woolsorter's disease
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- 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; pulmonary anthrax; inhalation anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragpicker's disease; woolsorter's pneumonia; woolsorter's disease
n.
- a disease affecting the respiratory system; respiratory illness; respiratory disorder
- Although most cases are mild, severe respiratory disease has also been reported.
- Scruggs died on 2 February 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee from respiratory disease.
- Nick Reynolds died on October 1, 2008, in San Diego, California from acute respiratory disease.
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- 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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- infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria; rickettsiosis
n.
- disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum; ring rot; tobacco wilt
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- plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed; sclerotium rot
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- a delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serum; serum sickness
n.
- 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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- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact; venereal disease; VD; venereal infection; social disease; Cupid's itch; Cupid's disease; Venus's curse; dose; STD
sickle-cell disease
- a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape; sickle-cell anemia; sickle-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anemia; crescent-cell anaemia; drepanocytic anemia; drepanocytic anaemia
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- a disease affecting the skin; disease of the skin; skin disorder
- The main feature was chloracne, a serious skin disease.
- Miriam was punished with a skin disease ("tzaraath") that turned her skin white.
- In some of these countries, such as northern Papua New Guinea, it is the most common skin disease.
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- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact; venereal disease; VD; venereal infection; Cupid's itch; Cupid's disease; Venus's curse; dose; sexually transmitted disease; STD
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- 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
n.
- the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures; tin pest; tin plague
tsutsugamushi disease
- transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia; scrub typhus
n.
- heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation
n.
- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact; VD; venereal infection; social disease; Cupid's itch; Cupid's disease; Venus's curse; dose; sexually transmitted disease; STD
- Prostitutes could also be arrested if they had a venereal disease.
- According to Martin, William was then suffering from venereal disease.
- He was responsible for checking her various lovers for signs of venereal disease.
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- autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities; neurofibromatosis
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- 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; angiohemophilia; vascular hemophilia
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- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body; pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis; white plague
n.
- any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots; wilt
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- 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; pulmonary anthrax; inhalation anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragpicker's disease; ragsorter's disease; woolsorter's pneumonia
E.g.
- An additional 31 enlisted men died of disease.
- An additional officer and 53 enlisted men died of disease.
- Many were hanged, while others died of disease and starvation.
E.g.
- Exposure to yttrium compounds in humans may cause lung disease.
- Exposure to yttrium compounds can cause lung disease in humans.
- He had been suffering from a lung disease and died of emphysema.
E.g.
- Vulvar CD bears great clinical similarity to Behcet’s disease.
- Many (15%) who live 40 years or longer develop Alzheimer’s disease.
- Slonim died January 20, 2000, at his home, a victim of a stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Vulvar CD bears great clinical similarity to Behcet’s disease.
- Many (15%) who live 40 years or longer develop Alzheimer’s disease.
- Slonim died January 20, 2000, at his home, a victim of a stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.
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- In 2003 Lyme disease caused her to lose sight in one eye.
- Botulism is a rare disease caused by the bacterium "Clostridium botulinum.
- The greatest killer at sea was scurvy, a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency.
E.g.
- Dietary changes can decrease coronary artery disease.
- Most MIs occur due to coronary artery disease.
- In 2007, Boyer was diagnosed with peripheral artery disease.
E.g.
- He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Homer died in office of pulmonary disease at Halifax at the age of 54.
- In 2009, Dolphy was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
E.g.
- Cleaner air quality affects rates of chronic disease in populations exposed.
- Delusional companion syndrome can be caused by acute injury or chronic disease.
- All are factors which contribute to the risks of chronic disease and mental illness.
E.g.
- Some of these viruses cause human disease.
- The significance—if any—of this virus for human disease is unknown presently.
- HHT is actually the first human disease linked to the TGF beta receptor complex.
E.g.
- This virus does not appear to cause disease in the shrimp.
- Mutations in keratin proteins in the skin can cause disease.
- Autoantibodies against proteins that hold the cells of the skin together can also cause disease.
E.g.
- He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- In 2009, Dolphy was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- It is mainly used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
E.g.
- In 1869, Ferry was attacked by a rare disease of his spine.
- Hyper-IgM syndrome type 2 Hyper IgM Syndrome Type 2 is a rare disease.
- An extremely rare disease of which only a few isolated cases are known.
E.g.
- The tree is susceptible to Dutch elm disease.
- Oak wilt is similar to Dutch elm disease but more controllable.
- In the 1960s most of the campus elms were felled by Dutch elm disease.
E.g.
- Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the principal types of inflammatory bowel disease.
- It was where George contracted a severe bowel disease, which eventually took his life in 1268.
- Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk of developing colorectal cancers.
E.g.
- At high school Finch was interested in disease prevention.
- Resistance is largely due to agricultural use, in much greater quantities than required for disease prevention.
- The target of research at the university are early diagnostics and therapy, disease prevention and active ageing.
E.g.
- Various imaging techniques may be used to diagnose and monitor disease progression.
- It is also used for long-term monitoring of disease progression in Takayasu arteritis.
- Patients with iMCD require routine assessment of treatment response and disease progression.
E.g.
- He died of chronic kidney disease on 23 January 1969, aged 60.
- Fred died in November 1901 from pneumonia and chronic kidney disease.
- In severe chronic kidney disease (GFR<30), the EMB dose should be halved (or avoided altogether).
E.g.
- This led to the spread of disease.
- Vampire burials may have been practiced in the hope that the spread of disease would be curtailed.
- Whatever device is used, shearers must be careful to keep it clean so as to prevent the spread of disease amongst a flock.
E.g.
- Thousands more are thought to have died due to disease.
- Death due to disease is called death by natural causes.
- Resources are available that report changes in a drug's metabolism due to disease states.
E.g.
- In disasters, mass graves are used for infection and disease control.
- Vaccines are being used more and more to reduce antibiotic use for disease control.
- before starting a disease control project, whether in a small yard or on hundreds of acres.
E.g.
- He died on 22 April 1942 of coronary vascular disease.
- He died of vascular disease in Palm City, Florida at the age of 83.
- Acquired Horner syndrome may result after trauma, neoplastic insult, or even vascular disease.
E.g.
- Potashes are substances that contain potassium which promotes disease resistance and helps to build starches and sugars.
- Many became exaptations, taking on new functions like participating in cell division, protein routing, and even disease resistance.
- Due to its inability to reproduce sexually, there is no possibility of increasing the plant's genetic diversity to promote disease resistance.
E.g.
- The discovery of the cause of coeliac disease may also be partly attributed to the Dutch famine.
- However, Hodgkin's disease, coeliac disease, and Crohn's disease may contribute in some instances.
- There appears to be a specific syndrome which includes coeliac disease, epilepsy and calcifications in the brain.
E.g.
- A prion disease called kuru has been traced to this.
- It causes a disease called metastrongylosis.
- Traction caused by VMA is the underlying pathology of an eye disease called symptomatic VMA.
E.g.
- This principle was the cause of health and disease.
- It is by way of this living power that health and disease derive.
- His research focuses on the impact of sleep on human health and disease.
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- Financial cutbacks have limited the tracking of disease outbreaks.
- Later in the campaign, the troops suffered disease outbreaks that swapped through various ships.
- In the UK, the severity of disease outbreaks is thought to have increased due to climate change.
E.g.
- It is the cause of nearly 10% of all end-stage renal disease.
- Evans died in Richmond, Virginia of renal disease on January 17, 2014.
- ARPKD is a significant hereditary renal disease in that appears in childhood.
E.g.
- Frank Ostrowski died in 2011 after a severe disease.
- Hypercapnia only occurs if severe disease or respiratory muscle fatigue occurs.
- Hemoglobin E/β-thalassemia is a severe disease, and it still has no universal cure.
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- It contains 60 singers who suffer with the sickle cell disease or who have close friends or family suffering from it.
- Helen Margaret Ranney was the first female president of Association of American Physicians, and her landmark research established one of the earliest links between genetic factors and sickle cell disease.
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- Arteritis may be primary or secondary to some other disease process.
- Cardiovascular disease: The most common natural disease process associated with diving fatalities.
- Positive symptoms are features that are not present in healthy individuals but appear as a result of the disease process.
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- Exposure to yttrium compounds can cause lung disease in humans.
- Canine cognitive dysfunction is a form of dementia that mimics Alzheimer's disease in humans.
- Gene therapy uses genetically modified viruses to deliver genes which can cure disease in humans.
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- Anne died of the same disease in May 1849.
- Clausewitz himself died of the same disease shortly afterwards, on 17 November 1831.
- Her older brother who suffered from the same disease died several years ago after a lung transplant.
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- This is very rare and happens in less than 1% of congenital heart disease cases.
- The rate of congenital heart disease in newborns with Down syndrome is around 40%.
- Brain abscess is usually associated with congenital heart disease in young children.
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- Sometimes this occurs as a result of muscle and nerve damage from calving or a disease such as mastitis.
- He had probably contracted a disease such as leprosy or erysipelas which attacked the retina in his eyes.
- Allergic conjunctivitis is common in people who have other signs of allergic disease such as hay fever, asthma and eczema.
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- Although he failed to identify the true source of disease transmission, ("i.e.
- a history of an animal scratch or bite is not necessary for disease transmission."
- Proper oral hygiene aims to control the harmful effects and prevent disease transmission.
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- It contains 60 singers who suffer with the sickle cell disease or who have close friends or family suffering from it.
- Helen Margaret Ranney was the first female president of Association of American Physicians, and her landmark research established one of the earliest links between genetic factors and sickle cell disease.
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- The first case of the Ebola virus disease in Mali was detected in October 2014.
- On 25 March 2014, the World Health Organization said that Guinea's Ministry of Health had reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea.
- Équateur province's Provincial Health Division reported 21 cases with symptoms consistent with Ebola virus disease, of whom 17 had died, on 3 May 2018.