Physical Conditions
- hypovolaemia
- a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood
- bog spavin
- spavin caused by collection of fluids
- oligodontia
- congenital condition in which some of the teeth are missing
- paralytic abasia
- abasia related to paralysis of the leg muscles
- arrhythmia
- an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart
- scleroderma
- an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin
- Meibomian cyst
- a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked
- Daltonism
- dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red
- apraxia
- inability to make purposeful movements
- colpocele
- hernia projecting into the vagina
- eczema
- generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
- hermaphroditism
- congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics
- lung cancer
- carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer
- grand mal
- epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
- amyloidosis
- a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
- pink disease
- serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae
- vitiligo
- an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border)
- chi
- the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
- Bang's disease
- an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
- ozaena
- a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures