mad cow disease is when cows get it. when the disease is passed on 2 humans, it's called the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. so technically its the same thing, just in different species
Yes
Heart disease atheroscerosis is narrowing of the arteries.
Ten percent of the persons infected with Leptospira develop a serious disease called Weil's syndrome. The symptoms of Weil's syndrome are more severe than those described above and there is no distinction between the first and second stages of disease.
Tourette's Syndrome is a heriditary disease, not a contagious one.
Venereal disease.
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West Nile Virus White Piedra Wilms Tumor (cancer of childhood) Waldenstrom macroalbuminuria Whiplash (more of an injury than a disease) Werdnig-Hoffman disease Williams syndrome Wilsons Disease West Syndrome (some would say a syndrome is not a disease) White Sponge Nevus Wooly hair nevus Weber-Christian disease Winchester Syndrome Wrinkly skin syndrome Wildervanck syndrome Waardenburg Syndrome Woronoff's Ring Wende-Bauckus Syndrome Watson syndrome
no it is a syndrome
A disease may develop when one or more of the body's organs malfunction.
if you were born and your mother or father had William syndrome, you can inherit the syndrome or disease.
Kabuki Make-Up Syndrome (not on MeSH) Kallmann Syndrome Kanner's Syndrome Kaposi Disease Kartagener Syndrome Kartagener Triad Kawasaki Disease Kearns Syndrome Kearns-Sayer Syndrome Keloid Kennedy Syndrome Keratitis Keratitis, Ulcerative Keratoconus Keratosis Follicularis Keratosis, Actinic (not on MeSH) Keratosis, Seborrheic Kernicterus Ketoacidosis, Diabetic Ketosis, Diabetic Kidney Calculi Kidney Diseases Kidney Diseases, Cystic Kidney Failure, Acute Kidney Failure, Chronic Kidney Stones Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute Kienbock Disease Kimura Disease Kinky Hair Syndrome Kissing Disease Klebsiella Infections Kleine-Levin Syndrome Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome Kleptomania Klinefelter Syndrome Klippel-Feil Syndrome Klippel-Trenaunay Disease Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome Klumpke Paralysis Kniest Dysplasia Koehler Disease Konzo Krabbe Disease Krukenberg Tumor Kufs Disease Kugelberg-Welander Disease Kuru Kuru Encephalopathy Kussmaul Aphasia Kwashiorkor