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 |
wobbler | something that wobbles |
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 |
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 |
infectious mononucleosis mononucleosis mono glandular fever kissing disease | an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream, not highly contagious, some believe it can be transmitted by kissing |