Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- immersion foot
- resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet
- ratbite fever
- either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions
- enlargement
- the state of being enlarged
- corrosion
- a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action
- purdah
- a state of social isolation
- softness
- the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing
- nervous prostration
- an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work
- black eye
- a bad reputation
- acute glossitis
- glossitis resulting from injury or infection and characterized by swelling and pain
- septicemic plague
- an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
- sarcoma
- a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer
- uncleanness
- the state of being unsanitary
- hypogonadism
- incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
- frostbite
- destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
- excitation
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- dowager's hump
- abnormal spinal curvature that results when osteoporosis causes the spine to collapse; seen most often in elderly women
- occupational hazard
- any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury
- afibrinogenemia
- the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding
- canine distemper
- a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation
- descensus uteri
- prolapse of the uterus
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