Physical Conditions
- hickey
- a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers
- drepanocytic anemia
- a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
- von Willebrand's disease
- a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding
- verticilliosis
- wilt caused by fungi of the genus Verticillium
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
- inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
- deficiency disease
- any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)
- disease
- an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
- yellow-blue color blindness
- confusion of yellow and blue
- chronic kidney failure
- renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders
- dysgenesis
- infertility between hybrids
- leukoderma
- a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin
- drive
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- osteodystrophy
- defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism
- cryoanaesthesia
- insensibility resulting from cold
- canine distemper
- a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation
- spider nevus
- a dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiate
- bump
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
- hyperlipoproteinemia
- any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in high levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood
- nerve compression
- harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness
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