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congenital heart disease

(Encyclopedia)congenital heart disease, any defect in the heart present at birth. There is evidence that some congenital heart defects are inherited, but the cause of most cases is unknown. One known cause is infec...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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

coronary artery disease

(Encyclopedia)coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. Coronary artery disease is t...

coronary heart disease

(Encyclopedia)coronary heart disease: see coronary artery disease. ...

chronic wasting disease

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

hyaline membrane disease

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

motor neuron disease

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

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...

Marburg virus disease

(Encyclopedia)Marburg virus disease, formerly known as Marburg virus hemorrhagic fever, disease caused by infection with a Marburg virus, a filovirus that belongs to a family (Filoviridae) of RNA viruses that also ...

mad cow disease

(Encyclopedia)mad cow disease: see prion.