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  2. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    Its name is a reference to prion diseases like bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Infected snails show rabies like symptoms, including irritability, foaming at the mouth and aggression, which in reality was caused by a splinter Gary had after Squidward tried to make the area around his house snail proof.

  3. Category:Fictional diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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  4. Disease in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Diseases, both real and fictional, play a significant role in fiction, with certain diseases like Huntington's disease and tuberculosis appearing in many books and films. Pandemic plagues threatening all human life, such as The Andromeda Strain, are among the many fictional diseases described in literature and film.

  5. List of deprecated terms for diseases - Wikipedia

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    Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated neurological issues of decompression illness. Undulant fever: Brucellosis [21] The name is a reference to the rising and falling of the patient's temperature. White Plague: Tuberculosis [5] The name refers to the pallor of patients with "consumption" (severe tuberculosis). Woolsorter's ...

  6. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of eye diseases and disorders; List of intestinal diseases; List of infectious diseases; List of human disease case fatality rates; List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals. Lists of plant diseases; List of pollution-related diseases; List of skin conditions; List of diseases ...

  7. The Most Popular Baby Boy Names of 2025 Are Really ... - AOL

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    Finally, the name Nyx (meaning “night”), sits 41 percent higher than it did last year and will undoubtedly continue to skyrocket in 2025." Look up to these names for more celestial inspiration ...

  8. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...

  9. Funny fantasy football team names: The most ridiculous team ...

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    For more ideas for fantasy team names, check out our suggestions from 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022! Herb Your Enthusiasm.