| disease-free survival | Period after successful treatment in which there is no appearance of the symptoms or effects of the disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| diseased | Afflicted with disease. "It is my own diseased imagination that torments me." (W. Irving) Synonym: See Morbid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diseasedness | The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diseaseful | 1. Causing uneasiness. "Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people." (Bacon) 2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diseasefulness | The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diseasement | Uneasiness; inconvenience. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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) |
| diseases, single-gene | Hereditary disorders caused by a change (mutation) in a single gene. There are thousands of single-gene diseases including achondroplastic dwarfism, Huntington disease, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and haemophilia. Single-gene diseases typically describe classic simple Mendelian patterns of inheritance (as autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and X-linked traits) by comparison with polygenic diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| disedge | To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull. "Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about her heart." (Tennyson) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diselenide | <chemistry> A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule. Origin: Pref. Di- + selenide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disengagement | 1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged. "It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses." (Transl. Of Lavoisier) "A disengagement from earthly trammels." (Sir W. Jones) 2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure. "Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment." (Bp. Butler) Origin: Pref. Dis- + engagement: cf. F. Desengagement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disepalous | <botany> Having two sepals; two-sepaled. Origin: Pref. Di- + sepalous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disequilibrium | A disturbance or absence of equilibrium. (05 Mar 2000) |