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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

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

precursor collapse: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another; a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

gold collapse: something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.; "the child was as good as gold"; "she has a heart of gold"; great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson; coins made of gold; a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia; made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"

banner collapse: long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising; unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"

golden collapse: favoring or bringing good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"; suggestive of gold; "a golden voice"; marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon days of the clipper trade"

malaria collapse: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever

herpes collapse: any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin; viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane

leprosy collapse: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

tuberculosis collapse: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

symptom collapse: anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence; (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

fallow collapse: cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons; undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market"; left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"

tricolor collapse: a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag)

buff collapse: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring); bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"; a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen; of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather; polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

peddler collapse: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

codeine collapse: derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relive pain)

heroin collapse: a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

methadone collapse: synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction

barbiturate collapse: organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

laudanum collapse: narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

rabies collapse: an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

venereal disease collapse: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

ovule collapse: a small or immature ovum; a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization

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