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| aeroembolism |
nitrogen or air bubbles in the bloodstream, caused by severe decompression, surgery, or injury, and resulting in severe pain and sometimes convulsions; bends; decompression sickness; caisson disease. |
| alcoholism |
a pathological condition resulting from habitual overuse of alcoholic beverages, characterized by dependence on alcohol, difficulty in functioning properly, and severe withdrawal symptoms when alcohol use is stopped. |
| alert |
a warning or a period of warning, as of severe weather or military attack. [1/3 definitions] |
| Alzheimer's disease |
a severe, progressive disease that causes the brain cells to degenerate, often leading to dementia. |
| amoebic dysentery |
a severe dysentery, caused by a particular type of amoeba, which painfully infects and inflames the bowels. |
| angina pectoris |
severe recurrent pain in the chest caused by a sudden decrease in the amount of blood flowing to the heart muscle. |
| Asiatic cholera |
an acute, infectious, often fatal disease caused by bacteria and characterized by severe diarrhea, intestinal cramps, and dehydration; cholera. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. [1/2 definitions] |
| astringent |
stern, harsh, or severe. [1/4 definitions] |
| bad |
intense or severe. [1/9 definitions] |
| battle fatigue |
severe mental distress or disorder resulting from combat in war; combat fatigue. (See shell shock.) |
| beating |
severe physical violence done as punishment or during a confrontation, usu. with blows from fists or a blunt instrument. [1/3 definitions] |
| black frost |
severe cold that blackens living plants without the appearance of frost crystals. |
| blistering |
severe, harsh. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue |
having a bluish color of the skin as a result of severe cold or slight injury. [1/8 definitions] |
| brainstorm |
an incidence of severe mental turmoil or confusion. [1/6 definitions] |
| brutal |
exceptionally severe. [1/3 definitions] |
| Calvary |
(sometimes l.c.) a place or occasion of severe trial, or an intensely painful, anguishing experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| Calvinism |
practices and beliefs based on these teachings, esp. a strict, severe code of morality. [1/2 definitions] |
| castigate |
to punish or rebuke, as with severe public criticism; chastise. |
| casualty |
a victim of a severe accident, esp. one that results in death. [1/5 definitions] |
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