| Diseases | Definitions by Physicians |
1. | Glaucoma | A disease of the eye associated with increased intraocular pressure and excavation and atrophy of the optic nerve |
2. | Cataract | Complete or partial opacity of the ocular lens |
3. | Dilated Heart Disease | When the heart (especially the left ventricle) is enlarged and the pumping function limited causing a loss of blood to the rest of the body |
4. | Hypertrophic Heart Disease | A genetic disorder caused by various mutations in genes which causes the heart muscles to thicken and which may obstruct blood flow and stops the heart from working right |
5. | Restrictive Heart Disease | When the walls of the heart ventricles are stiff but may not be thickened and resists filling of the heart with blood |
6. | Jaundice | A yellowish staining of the integument, sclerae and deeper tissues and of the excretions with bile pigments which are increased in plasma |
7. | Yellow Fever | A tropical mosquito-borne viral hepatitis caused by one of the yellow fever viruses |
8. | Gastric Ulcer | An ulcer of the stomach |
9. | Duodenal Ulcer | An ulcer of the small intestine |
10. | AIDS | Disorder of the immune system characterised by opportunistic diseases, including candidiasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc. |