Physical Conditions
- rhabdosarcoma
- a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle
- typhus
- rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
- syndactylism
- birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes
- jungle rot
- skin disorder induced by a tropical climate
- opportunistic infection
- any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs)
- vigil
- a period of sleeplessness
- heat exhaustion
- a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
- anorexia
- a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
- foot rot
- contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)
- diabetes insipidus
- a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys); characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst
- macrencephaly
- an abnormally large braincase
- chyloderma
- swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction
- sweating sickness
- a disease of cattle (especially calves)
- blood dyscrasia
- any abnormal condition of the blood
- ulemorrhagia
- bleeding of the gums
- atherosclerosis
- a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries
- blood spavin
- spavin caused by distension of the veins
- myxedema
- hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration
- adenoma
- a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin
- deficiency disease
- any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)
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