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Dermatology
1. The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the skin, hair, nails, oral cavity and genitals. 2. Sometimes also, cosmetic care and enhancement.Dermatology is literally the study of the…
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- Auditory disease, central A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…
- Cubital tunnel The opening between the two heads of a muscle through which the ulnar nerve passes at the elbow and enters…
- Postmenopausal cervical kyphosis An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the…
- Mononeuritis multiplex Inflammation of two or more nerves, typically in unrelated portions of the body. Mononeuritis multiplex…
- Infection, meningococcal See: Meningococcal infection
- Sore 1. (adjective) A popular term for painful. I have sore fingers from typing dictionary terms. She has a sore…
- Medulla, adrenal The inner portion of adrenal gland. (The outer portion is the adrenal cortex). The adrenal medulla makes…
- Sphygmomanometer An instrument for measuring blood pressure, particularly in arteries. The two types of sphygmomanometers are…
- Convulsion An abnormal, involuntary contraction of the muscles most typically seen with certain seizure disorders. The…
- Case-to-infection proportion See: Case-to-infection ratio
- HGD The gene encoding an enzyme called homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (also known as homogentisate oxidase). HGD…