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Nosology , nosology classification of diseases, XVIII. f. Gr. nósos disease; see -LOGY.
nosology (nos-ol-ŏji) n. the naming and classification of diseases. -itis , -itis suffix repr. Gr. -itis, prop. forming fems. of adjs. in -ī́tēs, used to qualify nósos disease, as arthrîtis (disease) of the joints (árthron),… Tay-sachs Disease , Tay-Sachs Disease
TAY-SACHS DISEASE (Amaurotic Familial Idiocy). Amaurotic Familial Idiocy, known as the Tay-Sachs Disease after W. Tay, an English o… Deficiency Disease , Skip to main content
deficiency disease Lou Gehrigs Disease , Lou Gehrig's Disease
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Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a neurodegenerative disease of unknown cause that br… Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease , Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare encephalopathy, or brain disease, that causes a swift, progressive dementia and neuromu…
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