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Legionnaire's disease

(Encyclopedia)Legionnaire's disease lēˌjənârzˈ [key], infectious, sometimes fatal, disease characterized by high fever, dry cough, lung congestion, and subsequent pneumonia. Major organs, such as the heart, ma...

Kawasaki disease

(Encyclopedia)Kawasaki disease or Kawasaki syndrome, acute illness characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels that primarily affects young children; it is more common in boys and children of Asian descent. ...

Parkinson's disease

(Encyclopedia)Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 ...

Bang's disease

(Encyclopedia)Bang's disease: see brucellosis. ...

Addison's disease

(Encyclopedia)Addison's disease [for Thomas Addison], progressive disease brought about by atrophy of the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland; it is also called chronic adrenocortical insufficiency. The de...

bonecrusher disease

(Encyclopedia)bonecrusher disease: see dengue fever. ...

Bright's disease

(Encyclopedia)Bright's disease: see nephritis. ...

Brill's disease

(Encyclopedia)Brill's disease: see typhus.

venereal disease

(Encyclopedia)venereal disease vənērˈēəl [key]: see sexually transmitted disease. ...

celiac disease

(Encyclopedia)celiac disease: see sprue.