4 Terms
Contributors in Diseases
Diseases
gas gangrene
Health care; Diseases
A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus ...
schizophrenia
Health care; Diseases
A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, hallucinations, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior.
hyperlipoproteinemia type V
Health care; Diseases
A severe familial adult-onset hypertriglyceridemia different from that due to lipoprotein lipase deficiency.
multicystic dysplastic kidney
Health care; Diseases
A severe form of dysplasia where the kidney typically appears as a bunch of grapes without a reniform configuration or calyceal drainage system. It occurs in-utero and is the most common form of ...
Weil disease
Health care; Diseases
A severe form of leptospirosis, usually caused by leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae and occasionally other serovars. It is transmitted to humans by the rat and is characterized by ...
thanatophoric dysplasia
Health care; Diseases
A severe form of neonatal dwarfism with very short limbs. All cases have died at birth or in the neonatal period.
noma
Health care; Diseases
A severe gangrenous process occurring predominantly in debilitated and malnourished children, especially in underdeveloped countries. It typically begins as a small vesicle or ulcer on the gingiva ...
