Med-Library/Anomalies
Medical Anomalies of the Star Trek Universe
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Medical Anomalies and Maldies
Disease | Description | Episode |
Altarian encephalitis | A retrovirus that incorporates its DNA directly into the cells of its host, making them pyrexic, comatose and suffer from widespread synaptic degradation. |
Future Imperfect |
Anchilles fever | A deadly disease capable of spreading rapidly and causing widespread and painful deaths. |
Code of Honor |
Andronesian encephalitis | A disease transmitted by airborne particles | The Dauphin |
Aphasia virus | A Bajoran-created virus that disrupts the brain's ability to process audio and visual stimuli |
Babel |
Arethean flu | A malady for which The EMH Doctor was working on a treatment |
Eye of the Needle |
Asinolyathin | A pain-killer that Dr. Bashir gave to O'Brien after he suffered radiation poisoning |
Visionary |
Ba'ltmasor Syndrome | A disease that afflicts Klingons, which requires regular treatments given by injection |
The Drumhead |
Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome |
An airborne disease created by a synthetic T-cell that mutated and caused victims to |
Genesis |
Bendii Syndrome | A rare disease that affects elderly Vulcans, causing gradual loss of emotional control |
Sarek |
Blight | A genetic plague created by the Jem'Hadar to punish certain populations |
The Quickening |
"Cardassian virus" | A virus that Admiral Kennelly contracted | Ensign Ro |
Cartalian fever | A disease that can reach plague proportions | Nor the Battle to the Strong |
Cholera | Acute infectious enteritis, common on Earth in the 19th and 20th centuries |
Times Arrow, Parts I and II |
Coleibic hemmorahage | Cause of death of the infamous Cardassian Gul Darhe'el |
Duet |
Correllium fever | A disease that struck the planet Nahmi IV | Hollow Pursuits |
Darnay's disease | A deadly ailment that attacks the brain and nervous system of its victims |
The Schizoid Man |
Dorek Syndrome | A very rare Ferengi disease | Body Parts |
Enantiodromia | Psychological term that literally means conversion into the opposite |
Hero Worship |
Eosinophilia | An abnormally high count of serum eosinophils, a type of humanoid white blood cell |
The Host |
Forrester Trent Syndrome | A very rare degenerative neural disease that when untreated causes paralysis and even death |
Bloodlines |
Hemocythemia | A malady that afflicted Ensign Wildman's baby upon birth |
Deadlock |
Hesperan Thumping Cough | A flu-like affliction | Angel One |
Holodiction | Not a real disease, but rather a psychological condition where someone becomes so caught up in the |
Hollow Pursuits |
Hyperacceleration | A biochemical condition that causes the victim to experience one second as if it were an hour |
Wink of an Eye |
Iresine Syndrome | A very rare neurological disorder in humanoids that causes them to fall into a sudden coma |
Violations |
Irumodic Syndrome | A degenerative disorder that causes progressive deterioration of synaptic pathways. If left untreated |
All Good Things . . . |
Iverson's disease | A chronic disease that causes fatal degeneration of muscular functions in humans |
Too Short a Season |
Kalla-Nohra Syndrome | A chronic pulmonary disease found only in individuals exposed to the mining accident at Gallitep |
Duet |
Lacunar Amnesia | A type of amnesia that occurs when a patient witnesses an act of violence so terrible that the |
And the Children Shall Lead |
Larosian virus | A mild disorder that Dr. Bashir once feared that Dax had contracted |
If Wishes Were Horses |
Lavodian flu | A 29-hour virus that the Holographic Doctor simulated in himself to experience being sick |
Tattoo |
Lobar pneumonia | A disease from which Elias Sandoval suffered as a child |
This Side of Paradise |
Mendakan pox | A childhood ailment that Ensign Kim once had | Favorite Son |
Metremia | A disease that afflicts those who were exposed to the Metrion Cascade |
Jetrel |
Microvirus | A genetically engineered virus designed to kill only people with a specific DNA sequence |
The Vengeance Factor |
Nitrogen Narcosis | An affliction that affects deep sea divers. It is caused by the replacement of oxygen in oxyhemoglobin |
Timescape |
Orkett's disease | A malady that afflicts Bajoran children | State of Flux |
Parinisti measles | A malady that the Holographic Doctor found an inoculation for |
Heroes and Demons |
Phage | A deadly affliction that has decimated the Vidiian race, forcing them to harvest organs from |
The Phage |
Phyrox Plague | A disease that broke out on the planet Cor Caroli V |
Allegiance |
Plasma Plague | A group of deadly virus types | The Child |
Polycythemia | An affliction that causes an abnormal increase in red blood cells |
Basics, Part I |
Pottrik Syndrome | A disease similar to Kalla-Nohra Syndrome that is even treated by the same medication |
Duet |
Psi 2000 virus | A water-based disease that causes the suppression of inhibitions and is transmitted |
The Naked Now |
Regulan fever | A disease that once afflicted Neema, the daughter of one of Dax's previous hosts |
Nor the Battle to the Strong |
Retrovirus | A Taresian virus capable of implanting Taresian DNA into an alien body which then "overwrites" |
Favorite Son |
Rigelian fever | A deadly disease that resembles bubonic plague | Requiem for Methuselah |
Rigelian Kassaba fever | A disease that McCoy once claimed that Spock suffered from, may or may not really exist |
By Any Other Name |
Rop'ngor | A disease that sometimes affects Klingon children, and is somewhat akin to terrestrial measles |
Up the Long Ladder |
Rudellian brain fever | A disease apparently native to Bajor that affects the brain |
The Assignment |
Rudellian plague | A disease that afflicted the Cardassian population on Pentath III |
Rules of Engagement |
Rushton infection | The disease that killed Jeremy Aster's parents | The Bonding |
Sakuro's disease | An extremely rare disease that causes intense fever, weakness, and death if not treated |
Metamorphosis |
Synthococcus novae | A bacillus strain organism that is a by-product of modern technology, it is treatable |
The Way to Eden |
Symbalene blood burn | A virulent disease that can rapidly kill large numbers of people in a short amount of time |
The Changeling |
T'lokan schism | The breakdown of mental synapses in Vulcans caused by surfacing of repressed memories |
Flashback |
Tanzian flu | A malady that the Holographic Doctor once thought Lt. Paris had |
Parturition |
Tellerian Death Syndrome | A disease that causes cellular decay, symptoms include dizziness, blurred vision & palpitations |
Genesis |
Telurian plague | "A terrible disease" | A Matter of Time |
Temporal narcosis | Delirium produced by exposure to a temporal <br
disturbance |
Timescape |
Terrellian plague | A disease that afflicted Romulus in the anti-time reality |
All Good Things . . . |
Thelusian flu | An exotic but harmless rhinovirus | Unnatural Selection |
Transporter psychosis | A rare medical disorder caused by a breakdown of neurochemical molecules during transport |
Realm of Fear |
Urudelean flu | A mild affliction to which most humans are immune, but not Lt. Barclay |
Genesis |
Vegan choriomeningitis | A rare and deadly disease with symptoms that include high fever and delirium |
The Mark of Gideon |
Xanthi fever | An affliction in mature Betazoids that causes them to project their emotional states onto others |
Fascination |
Xenopolycethemia | A disease characterized by an abnormal proliferation of red blood cells that cause various symptoms, |
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky |
Yarim Fel Syndrome | A fatal disease that afflicts Cardassians | Ties of Blood and Water |
Unnamed disease | An affliction that infected Janeway and Chakotay and forced them into quarantine on "New Earth" |
Resolution |
Unnamed virus | A virus that hides in humanoid brains by disguising itself as a memory engram |
Flashback |
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