Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- saturnism
- toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
- anaclitic depression
- severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute
- granville wilt
- a bacterial wilt of tobacco plants
- exomphalos
- an umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord
- air embolism
- obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving
- stem blight
- a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants
- altitude sickness
- effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes
- cardiac insufficiency
- inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
- water pollution
- pollution of the water in rivers and lakes
- stir
- a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- trisomy
- chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell
- anaplasia
- loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor
- suprainfection
- secondary infection caused by an opportunistic infection
- heroin addiction
- an addiction to heroin
- sluggishness
- a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
- luxuriousness
- wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- devastation
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- extremity
- the greatest or utmost degree
- autoimmune disease
- any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
- agreement
- harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
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