List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 608

Hypoxia (also known as Hypoxiation or Anoxemia) is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. Hypoxia may be classified […]

A genetic disorder is an illness caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome especially a condition that is present from birth (congenital). Most genetic disorders are quite rare […]

A goitre or goiter (Latin gutteria struma) is a swelling of the neck or larynx resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland (thyromegaly) associated with a thyroid gland that is […]

Foix–Alajouanine syndrome is a disorder caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord. The patients present with symptoms indicating spinal cord involvement (paralysis of arms and legs numbness and […]

A fugue state formally dissociative fugue or psychogenic fugue (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.13) is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity including the memories personality and […]

Essential tremor (ET also referred to as benign tremor or familiar tremor) is the most common movement disorder; its cause is unknown. It typically involves a tremor of the arms […]

Epilepsy (from the Ancient Greek verb ἐπιλαμβάνειν meaning to seize possess or afflict) is a group of long-term neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures. These seizures are episodes that can […]

Expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia) is characterized by the loss of the ability to produce language (spoken or written). It is one subset of a larger family of disorders known collectively […]

In medicine an ectopia is a displacement or malposition of an organ or other body part. Most ectopias are congenital but some may happen later in life.

Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart the endocardium. It usually involves the heart valves (native or prosthetic valves). Other structures that may be involved include […]