Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- motion sickness
- the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
- deviated nasal septum
- abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds
- rhabdomyoma
- benign tumor of striated muscle
- potential
- the inherent capacity for coming into being
- ophthalmia neonatorum
- ophthalmia in newborns; contracted while passing through the birth canal; usually prevented with silver nitrate drops
- eternal damnation
- the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
- drusen
- (plural) an eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retina
- Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever
- an infection common in Arab states caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by a tick that thrives on sheep
- deep freeze
- temporary inactivity or suspension
- depersonalisation
- (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
- red-blindness
- dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue
- spongioblastoma
- a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal
- hemangioma
- benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
- turgor
- (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane
- spinal curvature
- an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column
- inguinal hernia
- hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males
- womanhood
- the state of being an adult woman
- equilibrium
- a stable situation in which forces cancel one another
- dysthymia
- mild chronic depression
- kernicterus
- an abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage
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