S: (n) necrotizing enterocolitis, NEC (an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow)
S: (n) cholera infantum (often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms)
S: (n) cholera morbus, collywobbles (severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea)
S: (n) pelvic inflammatory disease, PID (inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge)
S: (n) empyema (a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity))
S: (n) rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism (a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint)
S: (n) psoriatic arthritis (a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis)
S: (n) gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis (a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints)
S: (n) spondylarthritis (arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine)
S: (n) acne (an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones)
S: (n) acne rosacea, rosacea (a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance)
S: (n) acne vulgaris (the most common form of acne; usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood)
S: (n) pimple, hickey, zit (a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne)
S: (n) papule (a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox))
S: (n) chronic pyelonephritis (pyelonephritis that develops slowly and can lead to renal failure if untreated; often associated with a kidney stone or with narrowing of the urinary passageways)
S: (n) urethritis (inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination)
S: (n) synovitis (inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling)
S: (n) inflammation, redness, rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
S: (n) symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
S: (n) evidence, grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief) "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
S: (n) information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)