Physical Conditions
- microcephalus
- an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
- costiasis
- a fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin
- polio
- an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
- pertussis
- a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
- pemphigus
- a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
- salmonellosis
- a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium
- hypothyroidism
- an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones
- inversion
- abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
- akinetic epilepsy
- epilepsy characterized by akinesia
- lockjaw
- an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
- histoincompatibility
- incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person
- bighead
- any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck
- sleep apnea
- apnea that occurs during sleep
- contusion
- an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
- wholeness
- a state of robust good health
- distomatosis
- a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
- twig blight
- a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants
- haematocolpos
- accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen)
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- a painful disorder caused by compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel; characterized by discomfort and weakness in the hands and fingers and by sensations of tingling, burning or numbness
- abnormality
- an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
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