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Gaucher's disease
(Encyclopedia)Gaucher's disease gōshāzˈ [key], rare genetic disease involving a deficiency of an enzyme, glucocerebrosidase, which normally breaks down certain body glycolipids (i.e., lipids (fats) that have a s...hydatid disease
(Encyclopedia)hydatid disease: see tapeworm.Huntington's disease
(Encyclopedia)Huntington's disease, hereditary, acute disturbance of the central nervous system usually beginning in middle age and characterized by involuntary muscular movements and progressive intellectual deter...Crohn's disease
(Encyclopedia)Crohn's disease: see colitis.Cushing's disease
(Encyclopedia)Cushing's disease: see Cushing, Harvey Williams. ...collagen disease
(Encyclopedia)collagen disease: see autoimmune disease; collagen. ...Chagas' disease
(Encyclopedia)Chagas' disease, disease of South and Central America caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It usually affects children and young adults and is transmitted by the feces of infected insects, typica...Alzheimer's disease
(Encyclopedia)Alzheimer's disease ălsˈhīˌmərz, ôls– [key], degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia and, ultimately, death. The disea...fifth disease
(Encyclopedia)fifth disease: see parvovirus.Bang's disease
(Encyclopedia)Bang's disease: see brucellosis. ...Browse by Subject
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