illness also
91psychiatrichospital — psychiatric hospital n. A hospital for the care and treatment of patients affected with acute or chronic mental illness. Also called mental hospital. * * * …
92psychoendocrinology — /suy koh en doh kri nol euh jee, kruy /, n. the study of the relationship between the endocrine system and various symptoms or types of mental illness. Also called neuroendocrinology. [1950 55; PSYCHO + ENDOCRINOLOGY] * * * …
93fraternal benefit association — n. An organization whose members either belong to the same professional field or who are working toward the same goal that exists to promote a common cause and assist its members with benefits for death, injury, or illness; also called a… …
94dietitian — /daɪəˈtɪʃən / (say duyuh tishuhn) noun someone who is professionally qualified to apply nutrition knowledge in the treatment and prevention of human illness. Also, dietician. {from diet1, modelled on physician} …
95lurgy — /ˈlɜgi/ (say lergee) noun Colloquial (humorous) 1. an imaginary disease thought of as being highly infectious. 2. any illness. Also, lurgi, the dreaded lurgy, the dreaded lurgi. {coined by British comedian Spike Milligan, 1919–2002} …
96psychiatric hospital — /saɪkiˌætrɪk ˈhɒspɪtl/ (say suykee.atrik hospitl) noun a hospital for the treatment and care of people suffering from mental illness. Also, mental hospital …
97cachexia — [kə kek′sēkə kek′sē ə] n. [ModL < Gr kachexia, bad habit of body < kakos, bad + hexis, habit < echein, to have < IE base * seg̑h , to hold fast, conquer > SCHEME] a generally weakened, emaciated condition of the body, esp. as… …
98cenesthesia — [sē΄nis thē′zhə, sē΄nis thē′zhē ə; sen΄isthē′zhə] n. Psychol. the mass of undifferentiated sensations that make one aware of the body and its condition, as in the feeling of well being or illness: also cenesthesis [sē΄nis thē′sis, sen΄is thē′sis] …
99hyperthermia — [hī΄pər thʉr′mē ə] n. hyperpyrexia, esp. if induced to combat an illness: also hyperthermy …
100psychoendocrinology — /suy koh en doh kri nol euh jee, kruy /, n. the study of the relationship between the endocrine system and various symptoms or types of mental illness. Also called neuroendocrinology. [1950 55; PSYCHO + ENDOCRINOLOGY] …
