Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- thrombopenia
- a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
- hypersensitivity
- pathological sensitivity
- automation
- the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
- gastric ulcer
- a peptic ulcer of the stomach
- housemaid's knee
- swelling of the bursa in the knee (due to trauma or excessive kneeling)
- hypothermia
- subnormal body temperature
- predominance
- the state of being predominant over others
- myxomatosis
- a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits
- helplessness
- the state of needing help from something
- Erb-Duchenne paralysis
- paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth)
- varicocele
- dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes
- congenital afibrinogenemia
- a rare congenital disorder of blood coagulation in which no fibrinogen is found in the blood plasma
- talipes equinus
- talipes in which the toes are pointed downward
- myocarditis
- inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart)
- dehydration
- depletion of bodily fluids
- haematocolpometra
- accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus
- volvulus
- abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction
- diathesis
- constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
- premature labor
- labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
- bite
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
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