Addison's disease () 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. |
Basedow's disease () A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart |
Bright's disease () 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. |
Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts |
Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Disease (n.) Lack of ease |
Disease (n.) An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness |
Disease (v. t.) To deprive of ease |
Disease (v. t.) To derange the vital functions of |
Graves' disease () Same as Basedow's disease. |
Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands |
Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal. |
Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united |
Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion |
Joint (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations |
Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. |
Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. |
Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc. |
Joint (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. |
Joint (a.) Joined |
Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more |
Joint (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others |
Joint (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more |
Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints |
Joint (v. t.) To join |
Joint (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints |
Joint (v. t.) To separate the joints |
Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints |
Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed |
Meniere's disease () A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Meniere, a French physician. |
Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities |
Straight-joint (a.) Having straight joints. |
Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. |
Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge. |
Thomsen's disease () An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction. |
Water joint () A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints. |