(alternative medicine) A supposed medical condition where an altered or damaged bowel lining or gut wall allows substances such as toxins, microbes, undigested food, or waste to leak through, triggering an immune reaction and leading to other disorders.

A psychosomatic illness in humans, associated with mass hysteria in parts of India, and involving the belief that a person bitten by a dog will later give birth to puppies.

A rare genetic disorder associated with retinitis pigmentosa, extra digits, spastic paraplegia, hypogonadism, and mental retardation.

A ciliopathic human genetic disorder characterized principally by obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, hypogonadism, and renal failure in some cases.

plural of patellofemoral pain syndrome

(medicine) A condition characterized by high blood calcium levels caused by taking in too much calcium and absorbable alkali.

The situation where information is hidden or discarded because it is undesirable in some way, e.g. unfavourable research results.

A knee injury caused by friction between the iliotibial band and the lateral femoral epicondyle.

Reddening, swelling, numbness and desquamation on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, sometimes seen after chemotherapy.

A heterogeneous group of immune disorders, characterized by recurrent "cold" staphylococcal infections, unusual eczema-like skin rashes, severe lung infections that result in pneumatoceles, and very high concentrations of the serum antibody IgE.