Severe acute respiratory syndrome — SARS redirects here. For other uses, see SARS (disambiguation). Further information: Progress of the SARS outbreak Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Classification and external resources SARS coronavirus (SARS CoV) is causative of the syndrome … Wikipedia
disease — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ obscure, rare ▪ dangerous, serious ▪ mild ▪ acute … Collocations dictionary
Disease, Menetrier — A premalignant disorder of the stomach characterized by overgrowth of the stomach lining (gastric mucosa), nausea and vomiting and abdominal pain, and hypoalbuminemia (low blood serum level of albumin) due to loss of albumin by the stomach. The… … Medical dictionary
Severe combined immunodeficiency (non-human) — Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) is a severe immunodeficiency genetic disorder that is characterised by the complete inability of the adaptive immune system mount, coordinate, and sustain an appropriate immune response, usually due to… … Wikipedia
disease — n Disease, disorder, condition, affection, ailment, malady, complaint, distemper, syndrome denote a de ranged bodily state usually associated with or amounting to a loss of health. Disease in its usual and broadest use implies an impairment of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Disease surveillance — is an epidemiological practice by which the spread of disease is monitored in order to establish patterns of progression. The main role of disease surveillance is to predict, observe, and minimize the harm caused by outbreak, epidemic, and… … Wikipedia
severe combined immunodeficiency — n a rare congenital disorder of the immune system that is characterized by inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies and T cells and that results usu. in early death abbr. SCID called also severe combined immune deficiency, severe… … Medical dictionary
Disease, Norwalk — Disease due to Norwalk virus, not one but a family of small round viruses that are an important cause of viral gastroenteritis (viral inflammation of the stomach and intestines). Norwalk disease is a significant contributor to illness in the US.… … Medical dictionary
disease — diseasedly, adv. diseasedness, n. /di zeez /, n., v., diseased, diseasing. n. 1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection,… … Universalium
Severe combined immunodeficiency — Infobox Disease Name = Severe combined immunodeficiency Caption = DiseasesDB = 11978 ICD10 = ICD10|D|81|0|d|80 ICD10|D|81|2|d|80 ICD9 = ICD9|279.2 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2214 MeshID = D016511 Severe… … Wikipedia