Diseases

Diseases

Industry: Health care

Add a new term

Contributors in Diseases

Become a Contributors

Diseases

retained placenta

Health care; Diseases

A placenta which is either adherent or incarcerated by irregular uterine contractions, and which in consequence fails to be expelled after birth.

tularemia

Health care; Diseases

A plague-like disease of rodents, transmissible to man. It is caused by francisella tularensis and is characterized by fever, chills, headache, backache, and weakness.

A plasma cell dyscrasia resembling leukemia with cells of lymphocytic, plasmacytic, or intermediate morphology, which secrete an immunoglobulin M monoclonal component. There is diffuse infiltration ...

contagious pleuropneumonia

Health care; Diseases

A pleuropneumonia of cattle and goats caused by species of mycoplasma.

laryngeal granuloma

Health care; Diseases

A polypoid granulomatous projection into the lumen of the larynx.

adenomatous polyposis coli

Health care; Diseases

A polyposis syndrome due to an autosomal dominant mutation of the APC genes (APC genes) on chromosome 5. The syndrome is characterized by the development of hundreds of adenomatous polyps in the ...

environmental illness

Health care; Diseases

A polysymptomatic condition believed by clinical ecologists to result from immune dysregulation induced by common foods, allergens, and chemicals, resulting in various physical and mental disorders. ...