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Noun
S: (n) aid, assistance, help (a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do) "visual aids in teaching"; "his job was to give technical assistance over the phone"
S: (n) aid, assist, assistance, help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose) "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"
S: (n) gift (something acquired without compensation)
S: (n) care, attention, aid, tending (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something) "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
S: (n) AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles)
S: (n) immunodeficiency (immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced)
S: (n) AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles)
S: (n) agammaglobulinemia (a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection)
S: (n) hypogammaglobulinemia (an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection)
S: (n) AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles)
S: (n) leprosy, Hansen's disease (chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae)
S: (n) listeriosis, listeria meningitis (an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms)
S: (n) meningitis (infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea)
S: (n) mumps, epidemic parotitis (an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands)
S: (n) ratbite fever (either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions)
S: (n) relapsing fever, recurrent fever (marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months)
S: (n) rheumatic fever (a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves)
S: (n) tuberculosis, TB, T.B. (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))
S: (n) typhoid, typhoid fever, enteric fever (serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water)
S: (n) yaws, frambesia, framboesia (an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions)
S: (v) help, assist, aid (give help or assistance; be of service) "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"
S: (v) help, aid (improve the condition of) "These pills will help the patient"