rampage violent disorder | violently angry and destructive behavior |
musculoskeletal system | the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form |
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 |
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 |
food poisoning gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
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 |
mental disorder mental disturbance disturbance psychological disorder folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion, a more neutral term than mental illness |
metabolic disorder | a disorder or defect of metabolism |
nervous disorder neurological disorder neurological disease | a disorder of the nervous system |
brain disorder encephalopathy brain disease | any disorder or disease of the brain |
kidney disease renal disorder nephropathy nephrosis | a disease affecting the kidneys |
respiratory disease respiratory illness respiratory disorder | a disease affecting the respiratory system |
genetic disease genetic disorder genetic abnormality genetic defect congenital disease inherited disease inherited disorder hereditary disease hereditary condition | a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically |
autosomal dominant disease autosomal dominant disorder | a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome |
autoimmune disease autoimmune disorder | any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues |
blood disease blood disorder | a disease or disorder of the blood |
skin disease disease of the skin skin disorder | a disease affecting the skin |
sleep disorder | a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern |
anxiety disorder | a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom |
generalized anxiety disorder GAD anxiety reaction | an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months |
obsessiveompulsive disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors |
panic disorder | an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks, the attacks are usually severe but brief |
phobia phobic disorder phobic neurosis | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations, phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias |
posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD | an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images |
psychosomatic disorder | a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms |
conversion disorder conversion reaction conversion hysteria | a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause) |
delusional disorder | any mental disorder in which delusions play a significant role |
personality disorder | inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior |
antisocial personality disorder sociopathic personality psychopathic personality | a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect, capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (`psychopathic personality' was once widely used but was superseded by `sociopathic personality' to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now `antisocial personality disorder' is the preferred term) |
affective disorder major affective disorder emotional disorder emotional disturbance | any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
depressive disorder clinical depression depression | a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention |
mania manic disorder | a mood disorder, an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently |
bipolar disorder manic depression manic depressive illness manic-depressive psychosis | a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression |
cyclothymia cyclothymic disorder cyclic disorder | a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time |
depersonalization depersonalisation depersonalization disorder depersonalisation disorder depersonalization neurosis depersonalisation neurosis | emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness |
alcoholic dementia alcohol amnestic disorder Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakov's psychosis Korsakov's syndrome polyneuritic psychosis | dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism, involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact |
schizophrenia schizophrenic disorder schizophrenic psychosis dementia praecox | any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |