Disease
Of illness.
An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning.
This concept's ID is @1~70865
Medicine
- symptom
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and...
- malignancy
(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause...
- sign
(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no...
Also contains
- animal disease
A disease that typically does not affect human beings.
- plant disease
A disease that affects plants.
- syndrome
A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease.
- skin disease
A disease affecting the skin.
- genetic disease
A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically.
- respiratory disease
A disease affecting the respiratory system.
- autoimmune disease
Any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the...
- inflammatory disease
A disease characterized by inflammation.
- eye disease
Any disease of the eye.
- liver disease
A disease affecting the liver.
- periodontal disease
A disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth.
- communicable disease
A disease that can be communicated from one person to another.
- deficiency disease
Any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or miner...
- disease of the neuromuscular junction
A disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular ju...
- anthrax
A disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis...
- incompetence
Inability of a part or organ to function properly.
- enteropathy
A disease of the intestinal tract.
- onychosis
Any disease or disorder of the nails.
- mimesis
Any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease.
- sandfly fever
A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi...
- ozena
A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy...
- fibrocystic breast disease
The presence of one or more cysts in a breast.
- struma
Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone...
- aspergillosis
Disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores...
- blackwater
Any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid...
- complication
Any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease;...
- cat scratch disease
A disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat.
- endemic
A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain...
- crud
An ill-defined bodily ailment; "he said he had the crud and needed a doctor".
- exanthema subitum
A viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever...
- Kawasaki disease
An acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes...
- pycnosis
A degenerative state of the cell nucleus.
- Meniere's disease
A disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus...
- Marseilles fever
A disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia...
- milk sickness
Caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles.
- occupational disease
Disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from...
- periarteritis nodosa
A progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules...
- rheumatism
Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues.
- filariasis
A disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of...