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• disease of the neuromuscular junction go
  a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions
  
• aspergillosis go
  disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs
  
• anthrax go
  a disease of humans that is not communicable
  
• blackwater go
  any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
  
• cat scratch disease go
  a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat
  
• complication go
  any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
  
• crud go
  an ill-defined bodily ailment
  
• endemic, endemic disease go
  a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
  
• enteropathy go
  a disease of the intestinal tract
  
• incompetence go
  inability of a part or organ to function properly
  
• Kawasaki disease, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome go
  an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever
  
• pycnosis, pyknosis go
  a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
  
• Marseilles fever, Kenya fever, Indian tick fever, boutonneuse fever go
  a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals
  
• Meniere's disease go
  a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral)
  
• milk sickness go
  caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
  
• mimesis go
  any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
  
• occupational disease, industrial disease go
  disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
  
• onychosis go
  any disease or disorder of the nails
  
• rheumatism go
  any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
  
• periarteritis nodosa, polyarteritis nodosa go
  a progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules along arteries
  
• periodontal disease, periodontitis go
  a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
  
• liver disease go
  a disease affecting the liver
  
• communicable disease go
  a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
  
• exanthema subitum, roseola infantum, roseola infantilis, pseudorubella go
  a viral disease of infants and young children
  
• respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder go
  a disease affecting the respiratory system
  
• genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition go
  a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
  
• inflammatory disease go
  a disease characterized by inflammation
  
• autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder go
  any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
  
• deficiency disease go
  any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)
  
• fibrocystic breast disease, fibrocystic disease of the breast, cystic breast disease, cystic mastitis go
  the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
  
• struma, goiter, goitre, thyromegaly go
  abnormally enlarged thyroid gland
  
• sandfly fever, pappataci fever, phlebotomus go
  a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii
  
• skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder go
  a disease affecting the skin
  
• malignancy, malignance go
  (medicine) a malignant state
  
• eye disease go
  any disease of the eye
  
• animal disease go
  a disease that typically does not affect human beings
  
• plant disease go
  a disease that affects plants
  
• ozena, ozaena go
  a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures
  
• filariasis go
  a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels