Physical Conditions
- congestive heart failure
- inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues
- retarded depression
- a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action
- acantholysis
- a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)
- dichromatopsia
- a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
- cold sweat
- the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear
- periarteritis nodosa
- a progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules along arteries; nodules may block the artery and result in inadequate circulation to the particular area
- xanthopsia
- visual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice
- botulism
- food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
- emotional arousal
- the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior
- coronary
- obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
- Vincent's infection
- an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
- hebetude
- mental lethargy or dullness
- iron deficiency anaemia
- a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding
- chorea
- chorea in dogs
- canine distemper
- a viral disease of young dogs characterized by high fever and respiratory inflammation
- cattle plague
- an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
- valgus
- a deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body
- viral infection
- infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
- late blight
- blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans
- canker
- a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
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