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Pancolitis
Ulcerative colitis that involves the entire colon (the large intestine). Ulcerative colitis itself is a relatively common disease involving inflammation of the large intestine (the colon). The cause is unknown. It is a form of inflammatory…
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Show more- Hansen's disease See: Hansen disease
- Choanae The plural of choana
- Agent, antiprotozoal An agent that destroys protozoa or inhibits their growth and ability to reproduce. A few of the protozoa of…
- Sopor Abnormally deep sleep, an unusually profound sleep, a stupor from which it is difficult to rouse a person…
- Carcinoid tumor A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Carcinoid tumor is also called an…
- Alveolar hydatid disease >By directly ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes or coyotes. This might include grass, herbs…
- Fever, remittent A type of fever that gradually decreases in intensity over time
- Minimal residual disease Evidence for the presence of residual malignant cells, even when so few cancer cells are present that they…
- Polio vaccine, killed See: Polio vaccine, inactivated
- Belly pain Pain in the abdomen. See: Abdominal pain
- MDS Myelodysplastic syndrome, or myelodysplastic syndromes
- CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public…