Illness
91mental illness — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms mental illness : singular mental illness plural mental illnesses medical an illness that affects someone s mind …
92incapacitating illness or injury — The casualty status of a person (a) whose illness or injury requires hospitalization but medical authority does not classify as very seriously ill or injured; or (b) seriously ill or injured and the illness or injury makes the person physically… …
93Sex and illness — A sex specific illness is an illness that occurs only in people of one sex. In a more general sense, sex related illnesses are illnesses that are more common to one sex, or which manifest differently in each sex. For example, certain autoimmune… …
94List of films featuring mental illness — Many films have portrayed mental illness or used it as a backdrop for other themes. Here is a list of some, sorted by illness portrayed, regardless of whether each film portrayed its respective mental disorder accurately or not. For example,… …
95History of the present illness — In a medical encounter, a history of the present illness (HPI) (termed history of presenting complaint (HPC) in the UK) refers to a detailed interview prompted by the chief complaint or presenting symptom (for example, pain).Questions to… …
96masspsychogenic illness — mass psychogenic illness n. The occurrence of psychogenic illness in a group of people at the same time. Examples include the biting manias and dancing manias that spread throughout parts of Europe between the 13th and 17th century. * * * …
97masssociogenic illness — mass sociogenic illness n. An illness occurring in a group of people with a shared social setting, such as a school, workplace, or military group, and characterized by a usually rapid onset and symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, fainting,… …
98mental illness — noun a) The property of being mentally ill; mental disorders taken as a whole. Such studies show that geniuses are not any more likely to suffer from mental illness than the rest of us. b) A mental disorder. Epilepsy is not a mental illness. It… …
99Chronic illness — An illness that persists for a long period of time. The term chronic comes from the Greek chronos, time and means lasting a long time. A chronic illness is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health… …
100mental illness — mental ill·ness n 1: mental disease 2: a mental condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, and emotions to seriously impair the normal psychological and often social functioning of the individual – called also… …
