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(pathology) Synonym of strongyloidiasis
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(pathology) Synonym of ascariasis
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(pathology) A bacterial infection of the skin
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A fungal infection in infants, characterized by red patches and small bumps on the skin or in the mouth, appearing at birth or a few days after birth.
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Synonym of schistosomiasis
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(pathology) A tumorlike inflammation of the intestinal serosa, mesentery, or the skin, caused by bilharzia
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(pathology) Any fungal infection or disease of the bronchi
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(pathology) A disease associated with infection with caligid sea lice
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(pathology) A gastrointestinal condition characterized by diarrhea etc., caused by eating raw or unpasteurised food contaminated with campylobacteria.
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(pathology) Alternative form of capillariasis [(pathology) A disease caused by nematodes in the genus Capillaria.]
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A particular intestinal and colonic disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile.
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(pathology) Synonym of cyclosporiasis
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(psychiatry) Delusional parasitosis (delusional disorder in which individuals incorrectly believe they are infested with parasites, insects, or bugs).
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(pathology) Childhood shigellosis.
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(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.
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Misconstruction of elephantiasis [(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.]
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Misconstruction of elephantiasis [(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.]
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(medicine) Infection by Francisella bacteria.
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(medicine) Synonym of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
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A bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis characterized by ulcerative genital lesions, endemic in many less developed regions.
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(medicine, endocrinology) A rare disease in women which is a subset of polycystic ovary syndrome.
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(pathology) An infectious granuloma of the lung caused by the parasitic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.
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(pathology) A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise with symptoms similar to those of flu.
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fungal infection of the cornea
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infection by Klebsiella bacteria
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(medicine) Cryptococcal infection in the brain.
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(dated) Alternative form of nosema disease (“infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites”) [An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.]
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(pathology) A disease caused by infection by parasitic nematodes of the genus Oesophagostomum
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(pathology) Any disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Pasteurella.
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(medicine) Abbreviation of pneumocystis pneumonia. [A form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii.]
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A form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii.
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(pathology) An endemic form of nonfilarial elephantiasis
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(pathology) Any of several diseases that have the appearance of tuberculosis but are caused by organisms other than Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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(pathology) Any of several diseases caused by infection with Salmonella bacteria
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(medicine, pathology) sarcoidosis.
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(pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.
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especially, African sleeping sickness, an endemic infectious disease of humans and animals in tropical Africa, caused by a parasitic trypanosome, transmitted by the tsetse fly and characterized by fever, severe headache, joint pains and lymph node swelling in the early stages, followed by a neurological phase of extreme weakness, sleepiness, and deep coma leading to death
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Alternative form of spirochetosis [infection by spirochetes]
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(pathology) Any disease caused by infection by streptobacillus bacteria
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(pathology) A disease characterized by headache, chills, fever, and soreness of muscles, caused by the presence of nematodes of genus Trichinella in the intestines and muscular tissues.
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(medicine) A cutaneous condition, a benign tumour most often affecting the face and upper trunk.
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(pathology) A disease caused by infection by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia, especially Yersinia enterocolitica.
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