Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- dysphonia
- speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation
- ecology
- the environment as it relates to living organisms
- hypoglycemia
- abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet
- flag smut
- smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses
- pain
- a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
- inclusion body myositis
- myositis characterized by weakness of limb muscles (especially the thighs and wrists and fingers); sometimes involves swallowing muscles; onset after 50 and slowly progressive; seen more often in men than in women
- hyperactivity
- a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement
- photoretinitis
- damage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection
- gumboil
- a boil or abscess on the gums
- anorexia nervosa
- (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated
- grandfather clause
- an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
- fibrositis
- inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths)
- cholera morbus
- severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea
- center stage
- a position of prominence or importance
- anguish
- extreme distress of body or mind
- neediness
- a state of extreme poverty
- facilitation
- the condition of being made easy (or easier)
- diverticulitis
- inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation
- lisp
- a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
- lobar pneumonia
- pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection
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