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Serum disease

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serum sicknessnounAn allergylike reaction to proteins in antiserum derived from animal sources.
serum hepatitisnounan acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a dna virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
blood serumnoun(biology, medicine) The portion of whole blood that is not blood cells and not clotting factors; it can be separated as a clear yellowish liquid after the blood has been allowed to clot.
skin diseasenouna disease affecting the skin
deficiency diseasenounMalnutrition caused by absence from the diet of a vitamin, mineral, etc.
autoimmune diseaseAn autoimmune disease is a condition that results from an anomalous response of the adaptive immune system, wherein it mistakenly targets and attacks healthy, functioning parts of the body as if they were foreign organisms.
vasculitisnoun(pathology) A group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels.
nephrotic syndromenoun(pathology) nephrosis
hodgkins disease—
diseasesnoun(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
arteriosclerosisnoun(pathology) Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.
endemic diseasenouna disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
immunodeficiencynounA depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it.
glomerulosclerosisnoun(medicine) A hardening of the glomerulus in the kidney.
neurosyphilisnoun(pathology) A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system.
diabetes mellitusnounA medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating. It is classified in two types, which are different etiologically but similar in clinical effects: type 1 and type 2.
microvascular disease—
immunosuppressionnoun(immunology, medicine) The suppression of the immune response, especially its active medical suppression by human agency (via immunosuppressant drugs) to treat autoimmune diseases or to prevent allograft rejection after transplant.
serositisnoun(biology, medicine) Inflammation of a serosa (serous membrane), or of multiple serosae.
lipidosisnoun(pathology) A disorder in the metabolism of lipids in which fat is deposited in the tissues

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