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. |
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 |
False-heart (a.) False-hearted. |
Graves' disease () Same as Basedow's disease. |
Heart (n.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. |
Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like |
Heart (n.) The nearest the middle or center |
Heart (n.) Courage |
Heart (n.) Vigorous and efficient activity |
Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape |
Heart (n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart |
Heart (n.) Vital part |
Heart (n.) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. |
Heart (v. t.) To give heart to |
Heart (v. i.) To form a compact center or heart |
Heart-eating (a.) Preying on the heart. |
Heart-robbing (a.) Depriving of thought |
Heart-robbing (a.) Stealing the heart or affections |
Heart's-ease (n.) Ease of heart |
Heart's-ease (n.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor) |
Heart-spoon (n.) A part of the breastbone. |
Heart-whole (a.) Having the heart or affections free |
Heart-whole (a.) With unbroken courage |
Heart-whole (a.) Of a single and sincere heart. |
Heart-wounded (a.) Wounded to the heart with love or grief. |
Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands |
Lion-heart (n.) A very brave person. |
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 |
Pseudo-heart (n.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system. |
Thomsen's disease () An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction. |
White-heart (n.) A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. |
cardiac massage heart massage | an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest |
heart surgery | any surgical procedure involving the heart |
closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
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 |
Borrelia burgdorferi Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
heart urchin | sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny shell |
artificial heart | a pump that replaces the natural heart |
cardiac monitor heart monitor | a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart |
heart | a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it, he led the queen of hearts, hearts were trumps |
heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
Jarvik heart Jarvik artificial heart | a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success |
sodium thiopental phenobarbital phenobarbitone Luminal purple heart | a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative |
heart spirit | an inclination or tendency of a certain kind, he had a change of heart |
cardiac rhythm heart rhythm | the rhythm of a beating heart |
heart mettle nerve spunk | the courage to carry on, he kept fighting on pure spunk, you haven't got the heart for baseball |
heart pump ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
athlete's heart | enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance |
biauriculate heart | a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles |
cardiac muscle heart muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart, adapted to continued rhythmic contraction |
ventricle heart ventricle | a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries |
atrium cordis atrium of the heart | the upper chamber of each half of the heart |
right atrium right atrium of the heart atrium dextrum | the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus |
left atrium left atrium of the heart atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
heart valve cardiac valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
heart bosom | the locus of feelings and intuitions, in your heart you know it is true, her story would melt your bosom |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
Order of the Purple Heart Purple Heart | a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action |
heart-to-heart | an intimate talk in private, he took me aside for a little heart-to-heart |
tin pest tin disease tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
broken heart | devastating sorrow and despair, he is recovering from a broken heart, a broken heart languishes here |
affection affectionateness fondness tenderness heart warmness warmheartedness philia | a positive feeling of liking, he had trouble expressing the affection he felt, the child won everyone's heart, the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home |
heart | a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal), a five-pound beef heart will serve six |
artichoke heart | the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower |
heart cherry oxheart oxheart cherry | large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh |
bullock's heart Jamaica apple | large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp |
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) |
center centre middle heart eye | an area that is approximately central within some larger region, it is in the center of town, they ran forward into the heart of the struggle, they were in the eye of the storm |
Alabama Heart of Dixie Camellia State AL | a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico, one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War |
bleeding heart | someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged |
cardiologist heart specialist heart surgeon | a specialist in cardiology, a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart |
bullock's heart bullock's heart tree bullock heart Annona reticulata | small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit |
heartleaf heart-leaf Asarum virginicum | evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves, Virginia to South Carolina |
heartleaf heart-leaf Asarum shuttleworthii | wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves, West Virginia to Alabama |
bleeding heart lyreflower lyre-flower Dicentra spectabilis | garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers |
heart-leaved aster Aster cordifolius | perennial wood aster of eastern North America |
mockernut mockernut hickory black hickory white-heart hickory big-bud hickory Carya tomentosa | smooth-barked North American hickory with to leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut |
heart cherry oxheart oxheart cherry | any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits |
balloon vine heart pea Cardiospermum halicacabum | woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons, tropical India and Africa and America |