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Heat cramps
Heat cramps: Painful muscle spasms in the abdomen, arms, or legs following strenuous activity. The skin is usually moist and cool and the pulse is normal or slightly raised. Body temperature is mostly normal. Heat cramps often are caused…
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Show more- Ulceration The process or fact of being eroded away, as by an ulcer
- Percentile The percentage of individuals in a group who have achieved a certain quantity (such as height, weight, and…
- Trench fever Fever: A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is…
- Formula, infant A substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively breastfeeding…
- Single upper palm line See: Simian crease
- Mutant An individual with a mutant (changed) gene.
- Alpha synuclein See: Alpha-synuclein
- Osteopath An osteopathic physician who is a Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.). In most US states, osteopaths must complete a…
- Intraocular In the eye. The intraocular pressure is the pressure within the eye
- Steatohepatitis Fatty inflammation of the liver, usually in alcoholics. Steato- refers to fat and -hepatitis to inflammation…
- Allograft The transplant of an organ or tissue from one individual to another of the same species with a different…
- Pressure, intraocular The pressure created by the continual renewal of fluids within the eye. The intraocular pressure is increased…