Iran-Iraq War Gulf War | a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting inand continued until , when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution |
Persian Gulf War Gulf War | a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders, - |
gulf disconnect disconnection | an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding), he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends, there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy |
syndrome | a complex of concurrent things, every word has a syndrome of meanings |
Gulf States | the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf |
Gulf States | a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas |
gulf | a deep wide chasm |
gulf | an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land, larger than a bay |
Gulf Coast | a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico |
Gulf of Aden | arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea |
Gulf of Alaska | a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago |
Gulf of Antalya | a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey |
Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Akaba | a northeastern arm of the Red Sea, between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia |
Gulf of Bothnia | a northern arm of the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland |
Gulf of California Sea of Cortes | a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico |
Gulf of Campeche Golfo de Campeche Bay of Campeche | a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan |
Gulf of Carpentaria Carpentaria | a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia |
Gulf of Corinth Gulf of Lepanto | inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus |
Gulf of Finland | an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland and Estonia |
Gulf of Guinea | a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa |
Gulf of Martaban | an arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar |
Gulf of Mexico Golfo de Mexico | an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico |
Gulf of Ob Bay of Ob | an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia |
Gulf of Oman | an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf |
Gulf of Riga | an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia |
Gulf of Saint Lawrence Gulf of St. Lawrence | an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada |
Gulf of Sidra | wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya |
Gulf of Suez | a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal |
Gulf of Tehuantepec | an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico |
Gulf of Thailand Gulf of Siam | an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula |
Gulf of Venice | an arm of the Adriatic Sea |
Persian Gulf Arabian Gulf | a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula, the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world |
Saronic Gulf Gulf of Aegina | a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece |
Gulf stream | a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean |
acute brain disorder acute organic brain syndrome | any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) |
adult respiratory distress syndrome ARDS wet lung white lung | acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales, inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen, occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc. |
attention deficit disorder ADD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD hyperkinetic syndrome minimal brain dysfunction minimal brain damage MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
bulimarexia binge-purge syndrome binge-vomit syndrome bulima nervosa | a disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food, characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting |
bulimia binge-eating syndrome | a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and selfondemnation |
carpal tunnel syndrome | a painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel, characterized by discomfort and weakness in the hands and fingers and by sensations of tingling, burning or numbness |
Banti's disease Banti's syndrome | a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen, accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis |
Kallman's syndrome | hypogonadism with anosmia, a congenital sexual disorder that prevents the testicles from maturing at puberty |
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 |
Lambert-Eaton syndrome Eaton-Lambert syndrome myasthenic syndrome carcinomatous myopathy | a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back, caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions |
Asperger's syndrome | a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years, characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior |
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 |
Addison's disease Addison's syndrome hypoadrenalism hypoadrenocorticism | a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin |
Cushing's syndrome hyperadrenocorticism | a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol |
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome | a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles |
respiratory distress syndrome respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn hyaline membrane disease | 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 |