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Aetiology
The study of the causes. For example, of a disorder. The word 'aetiology' is mainly used in medicine, where it is the science that deals with the causes or origin of disease, the factors which produce or predispose toward a certain disease…
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Show more- Disease, Conor and Bruch African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Neuropathy, diabetic See: Diabetic neuropathy
- Memory, explicit See: Explicit memory
- Xanthoma tendinosum Xanthoma that clusters around tendons, and is associated with lipid disorders
- Burning urination See: Dysuria
- Heat syncope Sudden dizziness, feeling faint ans sometimes fainting experienced after exercising in the heat. The skin…
- Onycho- (prefix) Pertaining to the nails. Examples of medical terms involving 'onycho-' include onychodystrophy (abnormal…
- Biotin A water-soluble B-complex vitamin involved in carbon dioxide transfer and therefore essential to the…
- TEE Transesophageal echocardiography. A diagnostic test which employs ultrasound waves to make images of the…
- Chamber, anterior The space in the eye that is behind the cornea and in front of the iris. The cornea is the outer…
- American College of Physicians A medical society for internal medicine. The ACP motto is 'Doctors for Adults.' Its mission is 'to enhance…
- Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome A form of mucopolysaccharidosis with the clinical onset before age 3 that is characterized by an inability to…