present participle of disease

(neurology, medicine) A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of Alzheimer's type.

(neurology, medicine) A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremor, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.

(medicine) A painful disease of the wrist that results from loss of circulation to the lunate bone.

(medicine) A disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids, causing hypocortisolemia and a resultant brownish discoloration of the skin.

A disease characterized by low blood flow to the fingers, toes, and/or ears.

(medicine) Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, contracted through sexual intercourse.

(pathology, nautical) The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure.

(medicine) A form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America, caused by the parasitic trypanosome T. cruzi. It is transmitted to many mammals such as humans through insect bites, mainly by kissing bugs. Symptoms include fever, oedema, cardiomyopathy, and enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes. It can be fatal.

(medicine) Any of several diseases of the kidney characterized by inflammation, and the presence of albumin in the urine; nephritis.