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Inflammatory and Musculoskeletal Disease

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Inflammatory and Musculoskeletal Disease at University of Oxford

Language: English Studies in English
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Disease
A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in a living organism that is not due to any external injury. The study of disease is called pathology, which includes the study of cause. Disease is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors such as pathogens or by internal dysfunctions, particularly of the immune system, such as an immunodeficiency, or by a hypersensitivity, including allergies and autoimmunity.
Disease
Before the curing of a strong disease,
Even in the instant of repair and health,
The fit is strongest; evils that take leave,
On their departure most of all show evil.
William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act III, scene 4, line 112.
Disease
Aëre non certo corpora languor habet.
Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.
Disease
Vitiant artus ægræ contagia mentis.
Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
Airports are big energy consumers – and that’s before a plane takes off or lands. The daily electricity and thermal energy used by a large airport compares to that of a city of 100,000 people.
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