Diseases

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Lyme disease

Health care; Diseases

A disease spread by deer ticks characterised at first by a skin rash, headache and fever, and later by arthritis and heart damage.

Meckel's diverticulum

Health care; Diseases

A sac that may form in the small intestine, present at birth.

Meniere's syndrome

Health care; Diseases

A disorder of the inner ear characterised by dizziness, ringing in the ears and progressive hearing loss.

Nicolas-Favre disease

Health care; Diseases

A pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterised by an identifiable ...

Tarantism

Health care; Diseases

An uncontrollable urge to dance; a mania characterised by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD)

Health care; Diseases

One of the most common forms of dementia, a neurologic disease characterised by the loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living. Named after German ...