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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

(Encyclopedia)Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: see prion. ...

chronic wasting disease

(Encyclopedia)chronic wasting disease: see prion. ...

motor neuron disease

(Encyclopedia)motor neuron disease: see amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ...

hyaline membrane disease

(Encyclopedia)hyaline membrane disease: see infant respiratory distress syndrome. ...

brucellosis

(Encyclopedia)brucellosis bro͞oˌsəlōˈsĭs [key] or Bang's disease, infectious disease of farm animals that is sometimes transmitted to humans. In humans the disease is also known as undulant fever, Mediterrane...

Dutch elm disease

(Encyclopedia)Dutch elm disease: see diseases of plants; elm. ...

epidemiology

(Encyclopedia)epidemiology, field of medicine concerned with the study of epidemics, outbreaks of disease that affect large numbers of people. Epidemiologists, using sophisticated statistical analyses, field invest...

pelvic inflammatory disease

(Encyclopedia)pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infection of the female reproductive organs, usually resulting from infection with the bacteria that cause chlamydia or gonorrhea. The infection typically first affe...

National Organization for Women

(Encyclopedia)National Organization for Women (NOW), group founded (1966) to support “full equality for women in America in a truly equal partnership with men.” Its founder and first president was feminist lead...

prostitution

(Encyclopedia)prostitution, act of granting sexual access for payment. Although most commonly conducted by females for males, it may be performed by females or males for either females or males. Prostitution in A...