List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 519

In medicine Raynaud’s phenomenon /reɪˈnoʊz/ or Raynaud phenomenon is excessively reduced blood flow in response to cold or emotional stress causing discoloration of the fingers toes and occasionally other areas. […]

Astereognosis (or tactile agnosia if only one hand is affected) is the inability to identify an object by active touch of the hands without other sensory input. An individual with […]

Osteomyelitis (sometimes abbreviated to OM and derived from Greek words osteon meaning bone myelo- meaning marrow and -itis meaning inflammation) is infection and inflammation of the bone or bone marrow. […]

Monochromacy also known as total color blindness is a complete inability to distinguish colors. This is distinguished from more common forms of color blindness in which the affected individual can […]

Dichromacy (di meaning ‘two’ and chroma meaning ‘color’) is the state of having two types of functioning color receptors called cone cells in the eyes. Organisms with dichromacy are called […]

Psoriatic arthritis (also arthritis psoriatica arthropathic psoriasis or psoriatic arthropathy) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that will develop in up to 30 percent of people who have the chronic […]

Rheumatism or rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the joints and connective tissue. The study of and therapeutic interventions in such disorders is called rheumatology.

Psychosocial short stature (PSS) or psychosocial dwarfism sometimes called psychogenic or stress dwarfism or Kaspar Hauser Syndrome is a growth disorder that is observed between the ages of 2 and […]

Not to be confused with Cataplexy.For the band of the same name see Catalepsy (band).Catalepsy (from Greek κατάληψις catch) is a nervous condition characterized by muscular rigidity and fixity of […]

Iron-deficiency anemia (or iron-deficiency anaemia) is a common anemia (low red blood cell or hemoglobin levels) caused by insufficient dietary intake and absorption of iron and/or iron loss from bleeding […]