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(Encyclopedia)disease, impairment of the normal state or functioning of the body as a whole or of any of its parts. Some diseases are acute, producing severe symptoms that terminate after a short time, e.g., pneumo...Crohn's disease
(Encyclopedia)Crohn's disease: see colitis.Cushing's disease
(Encyclopedia)Cushing's disease: see Cushing, Harvey Williams. ...collagen disease
(Encyclopedia)collagen disease: see autoimmune disease; collagen. ...Chagas' disease
(Encyclopedia)Chagas' disease, disease of South and Central America caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It usually affects children and young adults and is transmitted by the feces of infected insects, typica...Alzheimer's disease
(Encyclopedia)Alzheimer's disease ălsˈhīˌmərz, ôls– [key], degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia and, ultimately, death. The disea...fifth disease
(Encyclopedia)fifth disease: see parvovirus.Huntington's disease
(Encyclopedia)Huntington's disease, hereditary, acute disturbance of the central nervous system usually beginning in middle age and characterized by involuntary muscular movements and progressive intellectual deter...hydatid disease
(Encyclopedia)hydatid disease: see tapeworm.heart disease
(Encyclopedia)heart disease, any of several abnormalities of the heart and its function in maintaining blood circulation. Heart disease is the cause of approximately half the deaths in the United States each year. ...Browse by Subject
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