Physical Conditions
- reflux
- an abnormal backward flow of body fluids
- metrorrhagia
- bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer)
- myosarcoma
- sarcoma of muscle tissue
- glanders
- a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans
- nyctophobia
- a morbid fear of night or darkness
- paroxysmal trepidant abasia
- abasia related to spasticity of the legs
- hemorrhage
- the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- sarcoidosis
- a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
- anthrax
- a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
- hyperpiesia
- persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found
- schistorrhachis
- a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
- SARS
- a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
- flare
- reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
- voicelessness
- a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
- dermatosis
- disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation)
- septal defect
- a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart
- BPH
- enlarged prostate; appears to be part of the natural aging process
- xanthemia
- excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color
- pinealoma
- tumor of the pineal gland
- bubble gum dermatitis
- an allergic contact dermatitis developed around the lips of children who chew bubble gum
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