| cholera morbus | A once popular name for an acute severe gastroenteritis of unknown aetiology, with diarrhoea, cramps, and vomiting, occurring in summer or autumn. It should be differentiated from classical cholera which is also characterised by severe gastrointestinal and metabolic manifestations but is caused by a powerful enterotoxin produced by vibrio cholerae. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| moniliformis | A genus of roundworms of the phylum acanthocephala, parasitic in rats, mice, hamsters, dogs and cats. Occasional infection in man produces inflammation and ulceration of the intestinal mucosa. (12 Dec 1998) |
| morbus | Synonym: disease. Origin: L. Disease (05 Mar 2000) |
| morbus Addisonii | Adrenocortical insufficiency usually as the result of idiopathic atrophy or destruction of both adrenal glands by tuberculosis, an autoimmune process, or other diseases; characterised by fatigue, decreased blood pressure, weight loss, increased melanin pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes, anorexia, and nausea or vomiting; without appropriate replacement therapy, it can progress to acute adrenocortical insufficiency. Synonym: Addison's disease, addisonian syndrome, hyposupradrenalism, morbus Addisonii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Streptobacillus moniliformis | A species commonly found as an inhabitant of the nasopharynx of rats; it occurs as the aetiologic agent of an epizootic septic polyarthritis in mice and of one type of rat-bite fever; it is the type species of the genus Streptobacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lichen ruber moniliformis | A rare dermatosis consisting of small reddish papules arranged in narrow beaded bands and covering large areas of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |