| 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 |
| soothing syrup | medicine in the form of a syrup that has a calming effect |
| maple-leaf | the emblem of Canada |
tin pest
tin disease
tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
chocolate sauce
chocolate syrup | sauce made with unsweetened chocolate or cocoa and sugar and water |
syrup
sirup | a thick sweet sticky liquid |
| sugar syrup | sugar and water and sometimes corn syrup boiled together, used as sweetening especially in drinks |
treacle
golden syrup | a pale cane syrup |
| maple syrup | made by concentrating sap from sugar maples |
| corn syrup | syrup prepared from corn |
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) |
| flowering maple | an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leaves |
mayeng
maple-leaved bayur
Pterospermum acerifolium | Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking, often grown as an ornamental or shade tree |
grape-leaf begonia
maple-leaf begonia
Begonia dregei | tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers |
Aceraceae
family Aceraceae
maple family | a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples |
| maple | any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs, north temperate zone |
| maple | wood of any of various maple trees, especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple, used especially for furniture and flooring |
| bird's-eye maple | maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings |
silver maple
Acer saccharinum | a common North American maple tree, five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath, source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood |
sugar maple
rock maple
Acer saccharum | maple of eastern and central North America having three-lobed to five-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form, sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar, many subspecies |
red maple
scarlet maple
swamp maple
Acer rubrum | maple of eastern and central America, five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn |
moosewood moose-wood striped maple
striped dogwood
goosefoot maple
Acer pennsylvanicum | maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn |
Oregon maple
big-leaf maple
Acer macrophyllum | maple of western North America having large -lobed leaves orange in autumn |
dwarf maple
Rocky-mountain maple
Acer glabrum | small maple of northwestern North America |
mountain maple
mountain alder Acer spicatum | small shrubby maple of eastern North America, scarlet in autumn |
vine maple
Acer circinatum | small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets |
hedge maple
field maple
Acer campestre | shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge |
Norway maple
Acer platanoides | a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America, five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn, cultivated in many varieties |
sycamore great maple
scottish maple
Acer pseudoplatanus | Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree, leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn |
box elder
ash-leaved maple
Acer negundo | common shade tree of eastern and central United States |
pointed-leaf maple
Acer argutum | small shrubby Japanese plant with leaves having to acuminate lobes, yellow in autumn |
Japanese maple full moon maple
Acer japonicum | leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn, Japan |
| Japanese maple Acer palmatum | ornamental shrub or small tree of Japan and Korea with deeply incised leaves, cultivated in many varieties |
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) |