Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- Asiatic cholera
- an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
- discomfort
- the state of being tense and feeling pain
- dinginess
- discoloration due to dirtiness
- pinkeye
- inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
- granville wilt
- a bacterial wilt of tobacco plants
- cleavage
- the state of being split or cleft
- PKU
- a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency
- civil death
- the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment
- sunburn
- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- aphthous ulcer
- a blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth or gastrointestinal tract
- tabes
- wasting of the body during a chronic disease
- dysentery
- an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
- soup
- an unfortunate situation
- figural blindness
- inability to see shapes and contours
- accent
- special importance or significance
- dystopia
- state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
- prognathism
- the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw
- nightmare
- a situation resembling a terrifying dream
- brain disorder
- any disorder or disease of the brain
- acidemia
- a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale)