Emaciation
31Anorexia mirabilis — literally means miraculous lack of appetite . It refers almost exclusively to women and girls of the Middle Ages who would starve themselves, sometimes to the death, in the name of God. The phenomenon is also known by the name inedia prodigiosa… …
32Folie à Deux (album) — Infobox Album Name = Folie à Deux Type = studio Artist = Fall Out Boy Released = November 4, 2008 Recorded = Los Angeles, California Genre = Pop punk, Alternative rock Length = Label = Decaydance, Island, Fueled by Ramen Producer = Neal Avron,… …
33sleeping sickness — Pathol. 1. Also called African sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis. a generally fatal disease, common in parts of Africa, characterized by fever, wasting, and progressive lethargy: caused by a parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma gambiense or… …
34animal disease — ▪ non human Introduction an impairment of the normal state of an animal that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. Concern with diseases that afflict animals dates from the earliest human contacts with animals and is reflected… …
35Symptoms of acute radiation sickness (hematopoietic form) — ▪ Table Symptoms of acute radiation sickness (hematopoietic form) time after exposure supralethal dose range (6–10 Gy) midlethal dose range (2.5–5 Gy) sublethal dose range (1–2 Gy) several hours no definite symptoms nausea and vomiting first week …
36iodism — Poisoning by iodine, a condition marked by severe coryza, an acneform eruption, weakness, salivation, and foul breath; caused by the continuous administration of iodine or one of the iodides. * * * io·dism ī ə .diz əm …
37MAIGREUR — Insuffisance pondérale chronique, constitutionnelle, qui s’installe à la fin de la croissance. Il ne faut pas confondre la maigreur avec l’amaigrissement, chute de poids chez un sujet considéré jusqu’alors comme normal. L’amaigrissement (sauf… …
38amaigrissement — [ amegrismɑ̃ ] n. m. • v. 1300; de amaigrir ♦ Fait de maigrir, d avoir maigri. « L amaigrissement, la mauvaise mine d Antoine le frappèrent » ( Martin du Gard). Cure d amaigrissement. ⇒ 1. régime. ● amaigrissement nom masculin Diminution… …
39émacié — émacié, iée [ emasje ] adj. • 1560; lat. emaciatus, de macies « maigreur » ♦ Très amaigri, marqué par un amaigrissement extrême. ⇒ hâve, 1. maigre, squelettique. Un visage émacié. N. f. ÉMACIATION , 1564 . ⊗ CONTR. Bouffi, gras. émacié, ée adj.… …
40dourine — dou·rine du̇(ə)r .ēn, dü .rēn n a contagious disease esp. of horses and asses that is caused by a member of the genus Trypanosoma (T. equiperdum) transmitted during copulation and that commonly assumes a chronic course marked by inflammation of… …
