diseases (noun)
21Asian tiger mosquito — noun striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases • Syn: ↑Aedes albopictus • Hypernyms: ↑mosquito • Member Holonyms: ↑Aedes, ↑genus Aedes * * * …
22contagious abortion — noun an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings • Syn: ↑brucellosis, ↑Bang s disease • Hypernyms: ↑zoonosis, ↑zoonotic disease * * * noun 1. : bruce …
23Dermacentor — noun vectors of important diseases of man and animals • Syn: ↑genus Dermacentor • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodidae, ↑family Ixodidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
24fowl pest — noun either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * noun 1. : fowl plague 2. : newcastle disease * * * n. either of two s …
25green peach aphid — noun yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches • Hypernyms: ↑greenfly * * * noun : a yellowish green aphid (Myzus persicae) native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution that feeds on numerous cultivated… …
26inclusion body — noun any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases) (Freq. 1) an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell • Syn: ↑cellular inclusion, ↑inclusion • Hypernyms: ↑body • Hyponyms …
27mental illness — noun any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention • Syn: ↑mental disease, ↑psychopathy • Ant: ↑mental health • Derivationally related forms …
28ratbite fever — noun either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions • Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease • Hyponyms: ↑Haverhill fever, ↑sodoku, ↑spirillum fever …
29rhinolaryngology — noun the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat • Syn: ↑otorhinolaryngology, ↑otolaryngology • Derivationally related forms: ↑otolaryngologist (for: ↑otolaryngology), ↑otorhinolaryngologist …
30veterinary medicine — noun the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals (especially domestic animals) • Members of this Topic: ↑coccidiosis • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty * * * the branch of… …
