wasting disease
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wasting disease — any disease marked by wasting (q.v.), such as anorexia cachexia syndrome or HIV wasting syndrome … Medical dictionary
wasting disease — noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body • Syn: ↑pulmonary tuberculosis, ↑consumption, ↑phthisis, ↑white plague • Hypernyms: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B. * * * … Useful english dictionary
Chronic wasting disease — (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of mule deer, whitetailed deer, elk (wapiti), and moose. TSEs are caused by unusual infectious agents known as prions. To date, CWD has been found mainly in cervids (members of the deer… … Wikipedia
Chronic Wasting Disease — Verbreitung der Chronic Wasting Disease 2007 Die Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD; deutsch wörtlich Chronische Auszehrungskrankheit) ist eine ansteckende Erkrankung des zentralen Nervensystems bei Hirschen, die zu den spongiformen Enzephalopathien… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chronic Wasting Disease — La CWD (Chronic wasting disease) est une « encéphalopathie spongiforme transmissible » ; C est une maladie proche de la maladie de la vache folle (ou ESB), et de la maladie de Creutzfeldt Jakob chez l Homme, mais affectant semble t … Wikipédia en Français
Chronical Wasting Disease — Chronic Wasting Disease La CWD est une « encéphalopathie spongiforme transmissible », maladie proche de la maladie de la vache folle (ou ESB), ou chez l Homme proche de la maladie de Creutzfeldt Jakob, mais affectant semble t il… … Wikipédia en Français
Macaw Wasting Disease — Die Drüsenmagendilatation (Syn.: Neurogene oder Neuropathische Drüsenmagendilatation, Myogene Ganglioneuritis, Macaw Wasting Disease, Psittacine Proventricular Dilatation, PPD) ist eine schwere Erkrankung des Nervensystems bei Großpapageien, die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wasting — Wast ing, a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. [1913 Webster] {Wasting palsy} (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under {Progressive}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wasting palsy — Wasting Wast ing, a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. [1913 Webster] {Wasting palsy} (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under {Progressive}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vomiting and wasting disease — a disease of pigs caused by infection with the hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus; the virus is endemic in many parts of the world and only occasionally causes symptoms. The disease varies from acute encephalomyelitis that can be fatal in a … Medical dictionary
