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A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders.
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disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism.
A disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance.
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List of cancer types
The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous; benign tumor ...
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List of cutaneous conditions
Many skin conditions affect the human integumentary system—the organ system covering the entire surface of the body and composed of skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands. The major function of this system is as a barrier against t ...
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List of endocrine diseases
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List of eye diseases and disorders
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List of intestinal diseases
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organ (biology), organs of the digestive syste ...
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List of infectious diseases
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them and the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist.
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* List of oncogenic bacteria
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List of human disease case fatality rates
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (''cf.'' mortality rate). It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the esti ...
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List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to
public health services, e.g., hospitals.
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Lists of diseases by year of discovery
The following is a list of diseases by year of discovery.
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* Lists of diseases
* List of drugs
* List of drugs by year of discovery
* History of medicine
The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as ...
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List of communication disorders
A communication disorder is any disorder that affects an individual's ability to comprehend, detect, or apply language and speech to engage in dialogue effectively with others. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to t ...
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List of genetic disorders
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List of neurological disorders
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List of voice disorders
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List of vulvovaginal disorders
In mammals, the vagina is the elastic, muscular part of the female genital tract. In humans, it extends from the vestibule to the cervix. The outer vaginal opening is normally partly covered by a thin layer of mucosal tissue called the hymen. ...
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List of liver disorders
Liver disease, or hepatic disease, is any of many diseases of the liver. If long-lasting it is termed chronic liver disease. Although the diseases differ in detail, liver diseases often have features in common.
Signs and symptoms
Some of the sig ...
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List of heart disorders
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cardiology, the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the human heart. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery ...
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Mental illness (alphabetical list)
The following is a list of mental disorders as defined by the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
The DSM is the American Psychiatric Association's standard refer ...
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List of eating disorders
An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health. Only one eating disorder can be diagnosed at a given time. Types of eating disorders include binge eating di ...
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List of mood disorders
A mood disorder, also known as an affective disorder, is any of a group of conditions of mental and behavioral disorder where a disturbance in the person's mood is the main underlying feature. The classification is in the ''Diagnostic and Stati ...
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List of personality disorders
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:Diseases and disorders
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:Lists of diseases
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List of disorders
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List of syndromes
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List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders
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List of fictional diseases, diseases found only in works of fiction.
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Airborne disease
Airborne or aerosol transmission is transmission of an infectious disease through small particles suspended in the air. Infectious diseases capable of airborne transmission include many of considerable importance both in human and veterinary ...
, a disease that spreads through the air.
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Contagious disease, a subset of infectious diseases.
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Cryptogenic disease
An idiopathic disease is any disease with an unknown cause or mechanism of apparent spontaneous origin. From Greek ἴδιος ''idios'' "one's own" and πάθος ''pathos'' "suffering", ''idiopathy'' means approximately "a disease of its own kin ...
, a disease whose cause is currently unknown.
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Disseminated disease
Disseminated disease refers to a diffuse disease-process, generally either infectious or neoplastic. The term may sometimes also characterize connective tissue disease.
A disseminated infection, for example, has extended beyond its origin or nidus ...
, a disease that is spread throughout the body.
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Environmental disease
In epidemiology, environmental diseases are diseases that can be directly attributed to environmental factors (as distinct from genetic factors or infection). Apart from the true monogenic genetic disorders, which are rare, environment is a maj ...
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Lifestyle disease
Lifestyle diseases can be defined as diseases linked with one's lifestyle. These diseases are non-communicable diseases. They are caused by lack of physical activity , unhealthy eating, alcohol, substance use disorders and smoking tobacco, wh ...
, a disease caused largely by lifestyle choices.
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Localized disease A localized disease is an infectious or neoplastic process that originates in and is confined to one organ system or general area in the body,Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary,28th edition. W.B.Saunders, Harcourt Brace & Company such as a spr ...
, a disease affecting one body part or area.
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Non-communicable disease, a disease that can't be spread between people.
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Organic disease
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Progressive disease, a disease that gets worse over time.
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Rare disease, a disease that affects very few people.
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Systemic disease, a disease affecting the whole body.
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:Animal diseases
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:Lists of plant diseases
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