(medicine) A life-threatening condition affecting the skin in which cell death causes the epidermis to separate from the dermis.

plural of synthetic paper

(medicine) An endocrine disorder caused by high levels of cortisol in the blood.

A nontraumatic subluxation of the atlantoaxial joint caused by inflammation of the adjacent tissues.

Oculocraniosomatic disease.

An autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva.

An unusual disease that broke out in Spain in 1981, resembling a lung infection but unaffected by antibiotics, caused by the consumption of imported rapeseed oil, intended for industrial use, that had been sold as olive oil.

Fragile X syndrome.

(medicine) A rare congenital disorder characterized by the reduction or absence of peroxisomes in the cells of the liver, kidneys, and brain and the inability to beta-oxidize very-long-chain fatty acids.

A human disease caused by deletion of part of chromosome 15, and manifested by intellectual disability, a constant feeling of hunger, and other problems.