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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. ...

mad cow disease

(Encyclopedia)mad cow disease: see prion.

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 ...

Tay-Sachs disease

(Encyclopedia)Tay-Sachs disease tāˈ-săksˈ [key], rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable to produce an enzyme necessary for fat metabolism in nerve cells, producing cent...