S: (n) necrotizing enterocolitis, NEC (an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow)
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) pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer))
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)