rampage
violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
| 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 |
liver fluke
Fasciola hepatica | flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans |
| liver-spotted dalmatian | a brown-spotted dalmatian |
| liver chestnut | a solid dark brown horse |
| liver spot | a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin |
central veins of liver
venae centrales hepatis | terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids |
| liver | large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity, secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat, synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood, synthesizes vitamin A, detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes |
tin pest
tin disease
tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
| liver | liver of an animal used as meat |
calves' liver
calf's liver | liver of a calf used as meat |
| chicken liver | liver of a chicken used as meat |
| goose liver | liver of a goose used as meat |
liver pudding
liver sausage
liverwurst | sausage containing ground liver |
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) |
| free-liver | someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom |
| liver | someone who lives in a place, a liver in cities |
| liver | a person who has a special life style, a high liver |
pink disease fungus
Corticium salmonicolor | fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc |
| disorder | a disturbance of the peace or of public order |
| immunological disorder | a disorder of the immune system |
sleep terror disorder
pavor nocturnus | a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare, they occur during NREM sleep |
| disorder upset | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning, the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder, everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time |
| functional disorder | disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified |
| organic disorder | disorder caused by a detectable physiological or structural change in an organ |
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) |
| eating disorder | a disorder of the normal eating routine |
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 |
| bladder disorder | a disorder of the urinary bladder |
| 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 |
| degenerative disorder | condition leading to progressive loss of function |
glandular disease
gland disease
glandular disorder
adenosis | a disorder of the glands of the body |
learning disorder
learning disability | a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills |
decompression sickness
aeroembolism air embolism gas embolism caisson disease
bends | pain resulting from rapid change in pressure |
food poisoning
gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
| 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 |