diseases (noun)
41heat exhaustion — noun a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes • Syn: ↑heat prostration • Hypernyms: ↑heatstroke, ↑heat hyperpyrexia * * * noun : a condition characterized by faintness or fainting …
42shell shock — noun a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare • Syn: ↑battle fatigue, ↑combat fatigue, ↑combat neurosis • Hypernyms: ↑posttraumatic stress disorder, ↑PTSD * * * noun : any of numerous psychoneurot …
43slipped disc — noun a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region • Syn: ↑herniated disc, ↑ruptured intervertebral disc • Hypernyms: ↑rupture * * * slipped disc see ↑disc • • • …
44nosology — noun Etymology: probably from New Latin nosologia, from Greek nosos disease + New Latin logia logy Date: circa 1721 1. a classification or list of diseases 2. a branch of medical science that deals with classification of diseases • nosological or …
45optometry — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1886 the health care profession concerned especially with examining the eye for defects and faults of refraction, with prescribing correctional lenses or eye exercises, with diagnosing… …
46comorbidity — noun a) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder. b) The effect of such additional disorders or diseases. See Also: comorbid …
47nosology — noun a) A treatise or written classification of diseases. b) The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease …
48neuropathology — noun The pathology (diseases or study of diseases) of the nervous system the department of neuropathology …
49balsam of Peru — noun dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases • Hypernyms: ↑tolu, ↑balsam of tolu, ↑tolu balsam • Substance Holonyms: ↑Peruvian balsam, ↑Myroxylon pereirae,… …
50CDC — noun a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases) • Syn: ↑Center for Disease Control and Prevention… …
