Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- VHF
- a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage
- cataract
- an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
- kibe
- ulcerated chilblain on the heel
- SLE
- an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms
- epilepsia minor
- epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)
- lymphopenia
- an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood
- nephrocalcinosis
- renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine
- lousiness
- infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
- haploidy
- the condition of being haploid
- psammoma
- a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
- 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
- flag smut
- smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses
- respiratory alkalosis
- alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis)
- mountain sickness
- nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet
- zoanthropy
- the delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal
- dermatosis
- disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation)
- ring rot
- disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum
- comprehensiveness
- completeness over a broad scope
- algidity
- prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure
- babyhood
- the earliest state of immaturity
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