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slumber Noun a dormant or quiescent state
slumber Noun 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