Physical Conditions
- ptomaine
- a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines
- pleuropneumonia
- pleurisy and pneumonia
- brooder pneumonia
- severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
- kwashiorkor
- severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein
- osteosclerosis congenita
- an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
- vitiligo
- an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border)
- limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
- an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages
- conduction aphasia
- aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain; patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard
- eczema herpeticum
- eczema characterized by a feverish condition and widespread eruption of vesicles; most common in children
- azoturia
- excess of urea in the urine
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
- unilateral paralysis
- paralysis of one side of the body
- electric shock
- trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
- pimple
- a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
- anthrax
- a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
- Lafora's disease
- epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin
- type II diabetes
- mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin
- gumboil
- a boil or abscess on the gums
- white plague
- an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
- cyberphobia
- irrational fear of computers or technology
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