| surveillance of disease | 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 |
| healthcare health care | the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
healthcare delivery
health care delivery
care delivery | the provision of health care |
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
medical building
health facility
healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
| resource | a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed, the local library is a valuable resource |
| inner resource | a resource provided by the mind or one's personal capabilities, to have an inner resource against loneliness |
resource
resourcefulness
imagination | the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems, a man of resource |
URL
uniform resource locator
universal resource locator | the address of a web page on the world wide web |
tin pest
tin disease
tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
Kaplan Group
Association of Islamic Groups and Communities
Caliphate State | a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany, seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC | 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) |
pink disease fungus
Corticium salmonicolor | fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc |
| resource | available source of wealth, a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed |
natural resource
natural resources | resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature |
| renewable resource | any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time |
| material resource | assets in the form of material possessions |
funds
finances
monetary resource
cash in hand
pecuniary resource | assets in the form of money |
| cardiovascular disease | a disease of the heart or blood vessels |
| celiac disease | a disorder in children and adults, inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten), symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation, often accompanied by lactose intolerance |
glandular disease
gland disease
glandular disorder
adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |
decompression sickness
aeroembolism air embolism gas embolism caisson disease
bends | pain resulting from rapid change in pressure |
| disease | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
| disease of the neuromuscular junction | a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions |
Banti's disease
Banti's syndrome | a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen, accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis |
pulmonary anthrax
inhalation anthrax
anthrax pneumonia
ragpicker's disease
ragsorter's disease
woolsorter's pneumonia
woolsorter's disease | 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 |
| cat scratch disease | a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat |
endemic
endemic disease | 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 |
idiopathic disease
idiopathic disorder
idiopathy | any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause |
monogenic disorder
monogenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes |
polygenic disorder
polygenic disease | an inherited disease controlled by several genes at once |
Kawasaki disease
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome | an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever, of unknown cause |
| Meniere's disease | a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral) |
occupational disease
industrial disease | disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts) |
Paget's disease
osteitis deformans | a disease of bone occurring in the middle aged and elderly, excessive bone destruction sometimes leading to bone pain and fractures and skeletal deformities |
periodontal disease
periodontitis | a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth |
pyorrhea pyorrhoea pyorrhea alveolaris
Riggs' disease | chronic periodontitis, purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets |
nervous disorder
neurological disorder
neurological disease | a disorder of the nervous system |
brain disorder
encephalopathy
brain disease | any disorder or disease of the brain |
myoclonus epilepsy
Lafora's disease | epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin |
paralysis agitans
Parkinsonism
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's syndrome
Parkinson's
shaking palsy | a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CJD
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 |
| coronary heart disease | a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart |
heart disease
cardiopathy | a disease of the heart |
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALS
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 |
arteriosclerosis
arterial sclerosis
hardening of the arteries
induration of the arteries
coronary-artery disease | sclerosis of the arterial walls |
atherosclerosis
coronary artery disease | a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries |
| valvular heart disease | heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation |
kidney disease
renal disorder
nephropathy
nephrosis | a disease affecting the kidneys |
nephritis
Bright's disease | an inflammation of the kidney |