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