waxy disease

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• Beech Bark Disease — is a disease that causes mortality and defects in beech trees in the eastern United States and Europe.Houston, David R., and James T. O Brien. Beech Bark Disease. Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet 75(1998) 1 7. 17 Mar 2008 .] Tainter, Frank H.,… …   Wikipedia

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• Connective tissue disease — Classification and external resources MeSH D003240 A connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology. Connective tissue is any type of biological tissue with an extensive extracellular …   Wikipedia

• Hansen disease — Leprosy, a chronic granulomatous infection caused by a bacillus which affects various parts of the body, including particularly the skin and nerves. (Granulomas are inflammatory nodules that are usually small, granular, firm, and persistent.) The …   Medical dictionary

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• leprosy — Disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular parasite that survives lysosomal enzyme attack by possessing a waxy coat. Leprosy is a chronic disease associated with depressed cellular (but not humoral) immunity; the bacterium… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• List of cutaneous conditions — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: Cutaneous conditions, Category:Cutaneous conditions, and ICD 10… …   Wikipedia

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