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 |
intestine bowel gut | the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus |
tin pest tin disease tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
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 |
bowel movement movement bm | a euphemism for defecation, he had a bowel movement |
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 |
polycystic kidney disease PKD | kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts, often leads to kidney failure |
liver disease | a disease affecting the liver |
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 disease hyperadrenalism | a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland, characterized by obesity |
Graves' disease exophthalmic goiter | exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter, hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs |
communicable disease | a disease that can be communicated from one person to another |
contagious disease contagion | any disease easily transmitted by contact |
infectious disease | a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
severe combined immunodeficiency severe combined immunodeficiency disease SCID | a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes, children with it are susceptible to infectious disease, if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life |
epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people |
a venereal disease VD venereal infection social disease Cupid's itch Cupid's disease Venus's curse dose sexually transmitted disease STD | a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact |