Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- type II diabetes
- mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
- eye disease
- any disease of the eye
- clubbing
- a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease
- upheaval
- a violent disturbance
- intrigue
- a clandestine love affair
- disorganized schizophrenia
- a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
- biosafety
- safety from exposure to infectious agents
- befoulment
- the state of being polluted
- ventricular septal defect
- a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure
- ordination
- the status of being ordained to a sacred office
- mimesis
- any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
- tendinitis
- inflammation of a tendon
- desuetude
- a state of inactivity or disuse
- salicylate poisoning
- poisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin)
- xanthosis
- an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin
- pockmark
- a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease
- agitated depression
- a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness
- prognathism
- the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw
- eyelessness
- blindness due to loss of the eyes
- heartburn
- a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder
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