AIDS

Unadapted borrowing from English AIDS, an acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

(pathology) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


lupus

Borrowed from Latin lupus. Doublet of lovo and the inherited lupo.


SIDA

acronym

sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita#Italian

(pathology, rare) Acronym of sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita.


herpes

From Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”).


peste

Borrowed from Latin pestis (“plague; pest”).

bor+

Guerra, peste e carestia, vanno sempre in compagnia.

War, plague and famine always accompany each other.


cirrosi

From New Latin cirrhosis, from Ancient Greek κῐρρός (kĭrrhós) and -ωσις (-ōsis) (Italian -osi).


malattia

Cognate with Catalan malaltia, English malady, French maladie, Sicilian malatìa, Portuguese maladia.


allergia

Borrowed from German Allergie, coinage crafted using Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”).


lebbra

From Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).

Il presidente francese scandisce parole di fuoco che suonano come un attacco all’Italia: «Li vedete crescere come una lebbra, un po’ ovunque in Europa, in Paesi in cui credevamo fosse impossibile vederli riapparire. I nostri amici vicini dicono le cose peggiori e noi ci abituiamo! Fanno le peggiori provocazioni e nessuno si scandalizza di questo».

2018 June 21, Giuseppe Alberto Falci, “Migranti, Macron: «I populisti in Europa come la lebbra» Di Maio: «Offensivo e ipocrita»”, in Corriere della Sera:

The French president has some fierce words to say that sound like an attack on Italy: "You see them grow like leprosy, a bit everywhere in Europe, in countries we thought impossible to see reappear. Our close friends say the worst things and we get used to it! They have the worst provocations and no one makes a scandal out of this."


sclerosi multipla

it-noun

sclerosi multipla f (plural sclerosi multiple)


malandra

From Latin malandria (“blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses”).

uder

(veterinary medicine) malanders, a scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse


adenite

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn) + -itis. By surface analysis, aden(o)- + -ite.

(pathology) adenitis (gland inflammation)


broncopolmonite

it-noun

broncopolmonite f (plural broncopolmoniti)

(pathology) bronchopneumonia, bronchial pneumonia


porpora

From Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).


encefalopatia spongiforme bovina

encefalopatia spongiforme bovina f (plural encefalopatie spongiformi bovine)

encefalopatie spongiformi bovine (plural)

bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy

(pathology) bovine spongiform encephalopathy


morbo di Crohn

morbo di Crohn m (plural morbi di Crohn)


morbo di Parkinson

morbo di Parkinson m (plural morbi di Parkinson)


malattia di Parkinson

malattia di Parkinson f (plural malattie di Parkinson)


dissenteria

From Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (éntera, “bowels”). See also Old French dissenterie.


calcolosi

(pathology) lithiasis, calculosis, stones


scabbia

From Late Latin scabia, from Latin scabiēs.


sepsi

From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπειν (sḗpein, “to make rotten”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard, also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”).


gastroenterite

it-noun

gastroenterite f (plural gastroenteriti)


malattia da graffio di gatto

malattia da graffio di gatto f (plural malattie da graffio di gatto)


artrite reumatoide

artrite reumatoide f (plural artriti reumatoidi)

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis


tetano

From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).


piede d'atleta

piede d'atleta m (plural piedi d'atleta)


fibrosi cistica

fibrosi cistica f (plural fibrosi cistiche)


distrofia muscolare

distrofia muscolare f (plural distrofie muscolari)


talassemico

it-adj

talassemico (feminine talassemica, masculine plural talassemici, feminine plural talassemiche)

talassemica (feminine)
talassemici (masculine plural)
talassemiche (feminine plural)


sieropositività

(pathology) HIV positivity, seropositivity


sodoku

Borrowed from Japanese 鼠毒 (sodoku, literally “rat poison”).


dermatomiosite

it-noun

dermatomiosite f (plural dermatomiositi)


coronaropatia

coronary heart disease
coronary heart disease


cardiomiopatia

cardiomiopatia f (plural cardiomiopatie)


eczematoso

it-adj

eczematoso (feminine eczematosa, masculine plural eczematosi, feminine plural eczematose)

eczematosa (feminine)
eczematosi (masculine plural)
eczematose (feminine plural)


eczematico

eczematico (feminine eczematica, masculine plural eczematici, feminine plural eczematiche)

eczematica (feminine)
eczematici (masculine plural)
eczematiche (feminine plural)


erisipela

From Ancient Greek ἐρυσίπελας (erusípelas).


emofiliaco

emofiliaco (feminine emofiliaca, masculine plural emofiliaci, feminine plural emofiliache)

emofiliaca (feminine)
emofiliaci (masculine plural)
emofiliache (feminine plural)


impetigine

Borrowed from Latin impetiginem. See also petecchia.


luetico

luetico (feminine luetica, masculine plural luetici, feminine plural luetiche)

luetica (feminine)
luetici (masculine plural)
luetiche (feminine plural)


psoriasi

From Ancient Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis).


micotico

micotico (feminine micotica, masculine plural micotici, feminine plural micotiche)

micotica (feminine)
micotici (masculine plural)
micotiche (feminine plural)


rachitismo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs) + -ismo.


neurodermite

(pathology) neurodermitis, atopic dermatitis


dermatite atopica

it-noun

dermatite atopica f (plural dermatiti atopiche)


leprecaunismo

From leprecauno + -ismo (“-ism”), after English leprechaunism.

(medical genetics, usually uncountable) leprechaunism, Donohue syndrome


tetanico

it-adj

tetanico (feminine tetanica, masculine plural tetanici, feminine plural tetaniche)

tetanica (feminine)
tetanici (masculine plural)
tetaniche (feminine plural)

(pathology, relational) tetanus; tetanic


collagenopatia

it-noun

collagenopatia f (plural collagenopatie)

(pathology) disease of the connective tissue; collagenopathy


glomerulopatia

glomerulopatia f (plural glomerulopatie)


interstiziopatia

interstiziopatia f (plural interstiziopatie)


scrofola

From Late Latin scrōfulae, derived from scrōfa (“sow, female pig”) as a semantic calque of Ancient Greek χοιράδες (khoirádes), derived from χοῖρος (khoîros, “young pig”), because the scars associated with the pathology were deemed reminiscent of a pathology found in pigs.


diabete mellito

diabete mellito m (plural diabeti melliti)


diabete insipido

diabete insipido m (plural diabeti insipidi)


vitiligine

From Latin vitilīgō (“cutaneous eruption, tetter”), from vitium (“defect, blemish”).


sieronegatività

(pathology) the property of being seronegative; seronegativity


giarda

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَذ (jaraḏ). Compare Medieval Latin zarda.

[equus] quandōque nāscitur cum zardīs

1605 [1304–1309], “Delle infermità de’ cavalli, e cure loro [On the illnesses of horses, and cure thereof]” (chapter 10), Libro nono - Di tutti gli animali, che si nutricano in villa [Ninth book - On all the animals which are fed on the farm], in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture], Florence: Cosimo Giusti, translation of Rūrālium commodōrum librī XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi (in Medieval Latin), page 408:

[the horse] is sometimes born with spavins


eredolue

From eredo- (“hereditary”) + lue (“syphilis”).


pitiriasi versicolore

pityriasis versicolor
pityriasis versicolor

(pathology) pityriasis versicolor, tinea versicolor