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Chlamydia infection (from the Greek χλαμύδα meaning cloak) is a common sexually transmitted infection in humans caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The term Chlamydia infection can also refer to […]

Chagas disease /ˈtʃɑːɡəs/ or American trypanosomiasis is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and spread mostly by insects known as Triatominae or kissing bugs. The symptoms […]

Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones (congenital hypothyroidism) usually due to maternal hypothyroidism.

Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The judicial decree that […]

Coronary artery disease (CAD) also known as atherosclerotic heart disease coronary heart disease or ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the most common type of heart disease and cause of heart […]

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (/ˈkrɔɪtsfɛlt ˈjɑːkoʊb/ KROITS-felt YAH-kohb) or CJD is a degenerative neurological disorder that is incurable and invariably fatal. CJD is at times called a human form of mad cow […]

Catatonia is a state of neurogenic motor immobility and behavioral abnormality manifested by stupor.

Bipolar I disorder (BP-I; pronounced type one bipolar disorder) is a bipolar spectrum disorder characterized by at least one manic or mixed episode. Bipolar I disorder sometimes occurs along with […]

Plague is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis named after the French-Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin. Until June 2007 plague was one of the three […]

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) or very uncommonly vaginal bacteriosis is a disease of the vagina caused by bacteria. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) risk factors […]