Physical Conditions
- electric shock
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
- paracentral scotoma
- a scotoma that is adjacent to the fixation point
- atopognosia
- absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch
- genetic disorder
- a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
- sexual arousal
- the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior
- hickey
- a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover
- aeroembolism
- pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
- fantods
- an ill-defined state of irritability and distress
- diaper rash
- dermatitis of the thighs and buttocks of infants; supposedly caused by ammonia in the urine in the child's diapers
- herpes simplex
- an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus; affects the skin and nervous system; produces small temporary (but sometimes painful) blisters on the skin and mucous membranes
- amblyopia
- visual impairment without apparent organic pathology
- actinomycosis
- disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses
- cyclic disorder
- a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time
- priapism
- condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal
- false smut
- disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
- automysophobia
- a morbid fear of being dirty
- lymphocytic choriomeningitis
- a form of viral meningitis caused by a virus carried by the common house mouse
- acute brain disorder
- any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)
- potato yellow dwarf
- the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants
- prostatic adenocarcinoma
- cancer of the prostate gland
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