(medicine) Any of a group of hereditary defects in the ability of some phagocytes to kill certain bacteria; the resulting infection

(medicine) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells.

(medicine, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.

(medicine) Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact.

(medicine, neurology) A rare, progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. It is a prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (e.g. corneal transplants, blood transfusions).

(colloquial, veterinary, pathology) Synonym of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

(phytopathology) A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.

(medicine, US) Synonym of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(medicine) A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.

Synonym of food poisoning