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strip alert Noun a state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft
self-direction Noun personal independence
self-reliance Noun personal independence
self-sufficiency Noun personal independence
state of flux Noun a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
sleeplessness Noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
sexual arousal Noun the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior
stationariness Noun remaining in place
sleep terror disorder Noun a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare
seventh heaven Noun a state of extreme happiness
stagnation Noun a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
stagnation Noun inactivity of liquids
stagnancy Noun a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
stagnancy Noun inactivity of liquids
stasis Noun inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
stasis Noun an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
sopor Noun a torpid state resembling deep sleep
sex drive Noun a physiological need for sexual activity
shuteye Noun informal term for sleep
sinlessness Noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong
slumber Noun a dormant or quiescent state
slumber Noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
slumber Verb be asleep
stagnant hypoxia Noun hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure)
self-hypnosis Noun hypnosis induced by yourself
salt depletion Noun loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance
self-government Noun government of a political unit by its own people
self-rule Noun government of a political unit by its own people
saturnism Noun toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
sickness Noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
sickness Noun the state that precedes vomiting
sickness Noun defectiveness or unsoundness
suspended animation Noun a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death
salmonellosis Noun a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium
shaking palsy Noun a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
spastic paralysis Noun a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth
secondary hypertension Noun hypertension that is secondary to another disease
stenosis Noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
simple absence Noun an absence seizure without other complications
subclinical absence Noun a transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes
sensory epilepsy Noun focal epilepsy initiated by somatosensory phenomena
status epilepticus Noun a condition in which there are continuing attacks of epilepsy without intervals of consciousness
sensory aphasia Noun aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
sclerosis Noun any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
severe combined immunodeficiency Noun a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes
severe combined immunodeficiency disease Noun a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes
septicemic plague Noun an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream
serum hepatitis Noun an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
swine influenza Noun an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic
swine flu Noun an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic