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addiction collapse: (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"; an abnormally strong craving; being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

drug addiction collapse: an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

disease collapse: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

nausea collapse: disgust so strong it makes you feel sick; the state that precedes vomiting

malarial fever collapse

German measles collapse: a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester

measles collapse: an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

hookworm collapse: parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts; infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin

yellow fever collapse

diphtheria collapse: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

rheumatic fever collapse: a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves

rubella collapse

scarlet fever collapse: an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

typhoid fever collapse

cholera collapse: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

smallpox collapse: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

trench mouth collapse

spotted fever collapse: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin

typhus collapse: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

strep throat collapse

yaws collapse: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

furor collapse: a sudden outburst (as of protest)

sopor collapse

shingles collapse

infantile paralysis collapse

polio collapse

habituation collapse: a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

madness collapse: unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness"

strangeness collapse: (physics) one of the six flavors of quark

alcoholism collapse: habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

tetanus collapse: a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses; an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages

lockjaw collapse

mumps collapse: an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

thrush collapse: songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast; a woman who sings popular songs; candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

sleeping sickness collapse: an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness

chorea collapse: any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs

craving collapse: an intense desire for some particular thing

black death collapse: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

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