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Iceland disease — Ice·land disease (īsґlənd) [Iceland, island country in the North Atlantic, where an epidemic occurred in 1948] chronic fatigue syndrome … Medical dictionary
Iceland — Iceland is a large volcanic island in the North Atlantic Ocean that was thought by many scholars to have been reached first by monks from Ireland in the eighth century. It was certainly reached and taken by Vikings in the ninth century under… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Iceland — Icelander /uys lan deuhr, leuhn deuhr/, n. /uys leuhnd/, n. 1. a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km). 2. a republic including this island and several smaller islands: formerly Danish;… … Universalium
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… … Universalium
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control — Infobox European Union agency name=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control x = 131 y = 79 location= pillar=European Community signdate=March 2004 establish=March, 2005 director=Zsuzsanna Jakab website= [http://www.ecdc.europa.eu… … Wikipedia
Ice|land disease — «YS luhnd», an epidemic disease first identified in Akureyri, Iceland, in 1948, marked by inflammation of the tissues of the central nervous system, muscular weakness, and partial paralysis. It is thought to be caused by a virus … Useful english dictionary
Akureyri disease — Aku·rey·ri disease (ah kuґra re) [Akureyri, town in Iceland where more than 1000 cases occurred in 1948] epidemic neuromyasthenia … Medical dictionary
Chronic fatigue syndrome outbreaks — There have been over fifty documented outbreaks of a disease that was identified as myalgic encephalomyelitis [Parish JG, Early outbreaks of epidemic neuromyasthenia , Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1978, Vol 54, 711 717] cite book |author=Ramsay… … Wikipedia
Alternative names for chronic fatigue syndrome — Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is the name currently used by the majority of the medical and scientific community to describe a condition or set of conditions characterized by fatigue and other symptoms. The term is contested, mostly by patients… … Wikipedia
