disorder
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Ongoing research is working to untangle how proteins, inflammation, neural signaling, and malfunctioning brain cells contribute to these disorders.
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Research has linked exposure to liver damage, reproductive disorders, immune system disruption, and certain cancers.
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William, who Rona chirpily informs us has “a rare mucous membrane disorder,” is happy to get “lugubrious”: “Meaning extremely sad and droopy? A topic I am all too familiar with.”
They also describe entropy, a measure of disorder, which never decreases over time.
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New York’s bill places the decision only with a mentally competent patient, and “safeguards are in place to ensure that those who don’t qualify—say, those with eating disorders or psychiatric conditions—couldn’t receive it.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
