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Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.

A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

A disease due to the presence of the parasites Agchylostoma duodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's…

ted by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.

Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.

An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.…

Inimical to bacteria; -- applied esp. to serum for protection against bacterial diseases.

Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. -- n.

sessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. -- n.

present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

gans remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

The disease, also called thrush.

act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

g to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.

A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.

An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

Any disease of the joints.

Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.