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Invasive candidiasis
A fungal infection that occurs when Candida (a yeast-like fungus) enters the bloodstream and then spreads through the body. Candida is the fourth most common cause of bloodstream infection among hospitalized patients in the US. A survey…
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- Hyperconscious More conscious than usual. Extremely aware. People became hyperconscious of Parkinson disease after the actor…
- Meibomian cyst A cyst of the little glands called Meibomian glands that are located in the eyelids and make a lubricant they…
- THG Tetrahydrogestrinone. A 'designer steroid.' THG first surfaced in October 2003 with reports of its illicit…
- Health Care Finance Administration See: HCFA
- Solar keratosis Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Polycythemia Too many red blood cells. The opposite of anemia. Polycythemia formally exists when the hemoglobin, red blood…
- Corticosteroid allergy A delayed allergic reaction to corticosteroid (drugs similar to cortisone). This occurs in 1-4% of people who…
- Sacrum The large heavy bone at the base of the spine, which is made up of fused sacral vertebrae. The sacrum is…
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis Lung disease characterized by progressive difficulty breathing (dyspnea) and cough due to the accumulation of…
- Operation, Blalock-Taussig A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- MRCP Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, an application of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to the…