Diseases

Diseases

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Diseases

A group of sporadic, familial and/or inherited, degenerative, and infectious disease processes, linked by the common theme of abnormal protein folding and deposition. As the amyloid deposits enlarge ...

Babesiosis

Health care; Diseases

A group of tick-borne diseases of mammals including zoonoses in humans. They are caused by protozoans of the genus babesia, which parasitize erythrocytes, producing hemolysis. In the U.S., the ...

Avian leukosis

Health care; Diseases

A group of transmissible viral diseases of chickens and turkeys. Liver tumours are found in most forms, but tumours can be found elsewhere.

Pilonidal sinus

Health care; Diseases

A hair-containing cyst or sinus, occurring chiefly in the coccygeal region.

Blind loop syndrome

Health care; Diseases

A malabsorption syndrome that is associated with a blind loop in the upper small intestine that is characterised by the lack of peristaltic movement, stasis of intestinal contents, and the overgrowth ...

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Health care; Diseases

A malignancy arising in uterine cervical epithelium and confined thereto, representing a continuum of histological changes ranging from well-differentiated CIN 1 (formerly, mild dysplasia) to severe ...

Anencephaly

Health care; Diseases

A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums, and brainstems, but lack formation of neural ...