disease
111Disease, gum — Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and holds them in place. Gum disease is caused by toxins secreted by bacteria in "plaque" that accumulate over time along the gum line. This… …
112Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt — A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating "mad cow" meat or squirrel brain can lead to Jakob Creutzfeldt like disease. Better known as Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing… …
113Disease, Lobstein’s — Osteogenesis imperfecta type I. An inherited, generalized connective tissue disorder featuring bone fragility and blue sclerae (blue whites of the eyes). The classic mild form of “brittle bone disease.” It is a dominant trait with males and… …
114Disease, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob — Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Both the human and bovine disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation… …
115Disease, Raynaud — A condition resulting in skin discoloration of the fingers and/or toes when a person is exposed to changes in temperature (cold or hot) or to emotional events. This condition can occur alone or as a part of another disease (such as rheumatoid… …
116Disease, sickle cell — A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the farthest reaches of the body. Sickle cell disease, also …
117Disease, Tay-Sachs (TSD) — Deficiency of hexosaminidase A causes a disorder known as Tay Sachs disease (TSD) which is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) as “an autosomal recessive, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which in the classic… …
118Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob — Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Both the human and bovine disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation… …
119Disease, Vrolik’s — Osteogenesis imperfecta type II, an inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility, the lethal form of “brittle bone disease.” It is a recessive trait with males and females affected. Two copies of the mutant gene are needed …
120disease cluster — (duh.ZEEZ clus.tur) n. A geographical region where an above average percentage of the population has, or has had, a particular disease. Example Citation: An unexplained pattern of illnesses has been found in hundreds of people living near the… …
