| ICDA | International Classification of Diseases, Adapted |
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| ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases-ninth revision-Clinical Modification |
| ICD-10 | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health-related Problems, 10th revision |
| ICD-O | International Classification of Diseases-Oncology |
| IRRD | Institute for Research in Rheumatic Diseases |
| nasopharyngeal diseases | General or unspecified diseases of the nasopharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| neonatal diseases and abnormalities | Diseases existing at birth and often before birth, regardless of causation. Of these congenital diseases, those characterised by structural deformities are termed abnormalities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stomatognathic diseases | General or unspecified diseases of the stomatognathic system, comprising the mouth, teeth, jaws, and pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neurodegenerative diseases | A varied assortment of central nervous system disorders characterised by gradual and progressive loss of neural tissue. (cecil textbook of medicine, 20th ed, p2050) (12 Dec 1998) |
| nose diseases | Disorders of the nose, general or unspecified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nutritional and metabolic diseases | A collective term for nutritional disorders (result of poor assimilation or utilization of food) and metabolic disorders (result of poor metabolism or inherited enzyme abnormality). (12 Dec 1998) |
| deficiency diseases | A condition produced by dietary or metabolic deficiency. The term includes all diseases caused by an insufficient supply of essential nutrients, i.e., protein (or amino acids), vitamins, and minerals. It also includes an inadequacy of calories. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sweat gland diseases | Diseases of the sweat glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| demyelinating diseases | Any condition characterised by the destruction of myelin and extensive loss of the myelin sheaths of the nerve fibres. It affects both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Its aetiology is at present unknown. (12 Dec 1998) |
| swine diseases | Diseases of domestic swine and of the wild boar of the genus sus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| systemic autoimmune diseases | A group of connective tissue disease's characterised by the presence of autoantibodies responsible for immunopathologically mediated tissue lesions; systemic lupus erythematosus is the prototype. (05 Mar 2000) |
| systemic febrile diseases | Generic term for diseases characterised by fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diseases, obesity-related | Obesity increases the risk of developing a number of diseases including: Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes High blood pressure (hypertension) Stroke (cerebrovascular accident or CVA) Heart attack (myocardial infarction or MI) Heart failure (congestive heart failure) Cancer (only certain forms such as prostate and colon cancer) Gallstones and gall bladder disease (cholecystitis) Gout and gouty arthritis Osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) of the knees, hips, and the lower back Sleep apnea (failure to breath normally during sleep, lowering blood oxygen) Pickwickian syndrome (obesity, red face, underventilation, and drowsiness). (12 Dec 1998) |
| diseases, polygenic | Genetic disorders that are caused by the combined action of more than one gene. Examples of polygenic conditions include hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and peptic ulcers. Because such disorders depend on the simultaneous presence of several genes, they are not inherited as simply as single-gene diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diseases, rickettsial | The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease, murine (endemic) typhus, and scrub typhus; (2) spotted fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Eastern tick-borne rickettsioses, and rickettsialpox; (3) Q fever; and (4) trench fever. (12 Dec 1998) |