a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
slumber
Verb
be asleep
stagnant hypoxia
Noun
hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure)
self-hypnosis
Noun
hypnosis induced by yourself
salt depletion
Noun
loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance
self-government
Noun
government of a political unit by its own people
self-rule
Noun
government of a political unit by its own people
saturnism
Noun
toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
sickness
Noun
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
sickness
Noun
the state that precedes vomiting
sickness
Noun
defectiveness or unsoundness
suspended animation
Noun
a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death
salmonellosis
Noun
a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium
shaking palsy
Noun
a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
spastic paralysis
Noun
a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth
secondary hypertension
Noun
hypertension that is secondary to another disease
stenosis
Noun
abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
simple absence
Noun
an absence seizure without other complications
subclinical absence
Noun
a transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes
sensory epilepsy
Noun
focal epilepsy initiated by somatosensory phenomena
status epilepticus
Noun
a condition in which there are continuing attacks of epilepsy without intervals of consciousness
sensory aphasia
Noun
aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
sclerosis
Noun
any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
severe combined immunodeficiency
Noun
a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes
severe combined immunodeficiency disease
Noun
a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes
septicemic plague
Noun
an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream
serum hepatitis
Noun
an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
swine influenza
Noun
an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic
swine flu
Noun
an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic
siderosis
Noun
fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust
silicosis
Noun
a lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate
spotted fever
Noun
any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
shingles
Noun
eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
scarlet fever
Noun
an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
scarlatina
Noun
an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
scrub typhus
Noun
transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia
social disease
Noun
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
smallpox
Noun
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
sweating sickness
Noun
epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality
sweating sickness
Noun
a disease of cattle (especially calves)
sexually transmitted disease
Noun
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
syphilis
Noun
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
syph
Noun
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
scrofula
Noun
a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
struma
Noun
a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
struma
Noun
abnormally enlarged thyroid gland
secondary syphilis
Noun
the second stage
sightlessness
Noun
the state of being blind or lacking sight
status asthmaticus
Noun
a prolonged and severe asthma attack that does not respond to standard treatment