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  2. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A disease that attacks the central nervous system, fooling it into calcifying the bodily tissue, eventually turning the victim into a pile of rocks. More commonly known as cobbles. Cyberbrain sclerosis Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: A disease characterized by a hardening of the brain tissues precipitated by the cyberization process.

  3. Category:Fictional diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fictional diseases and disorders" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  4. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of fictional diseases, diseases found only in works of fiction. Airborne disease, a disease that spreads through the air. Contagious disease, a subset of infectious diseases. Cryptogenic disease, a disease whose cause is currently unknown. Disseminated disease, a disease that is spread throughout the body. Environmental disease

  5. Category:Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 13 December 2022, at 13:47 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. 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 ...

  7. To help alleviate symptoms, Epling advises using a warm compress, getting antibiotic drops or ointment for bacterial conjunctivitis ("antibiotics generally don't help with viral conjunctivitis ...

  8. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) A diagnosis usually can be made by the presenting signs and symptoms alone. If the diagnosis is unclear, a throat swab or stool specimen may be taken. Medications are usually not needed as hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral disease that typically resolves on its own. Under research [15] [16] Sin Nombre ...

  9. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) DPT Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus: DRSP disease Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae disease DS Down syndrome: DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome: DTs Delirium tremens: DVD Developmental verbal dyspraxia: DVT Deep vein thrombosis