Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- achondroplasia
- an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
- ecclesiastical province
- the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order
- farmer's lung
- alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
- hepatitis delta
- a severe form of hepatitis
- electric shock
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
- dextrocardia
- abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest
- insolvency
- the lack of financial resources
- variola vaccinia
- a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
- papilledema
- swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure
- front
- a sphere of activity involving effort
- seborrheic keratosis
- a skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust
- syndactyly
- birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes
- conditions
- the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
- neonatal death
- death of a liveborn infant within the first 28 days of life
- akinesia
- motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis
- dimout
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- paraparesis
- a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs
- welt
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- colligation
- the state of being joined together
- cross infection
- an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility
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