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Summer cold
A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'summer cold' may be similar to those of a real cold, the term 'summer cold' is a misnomer. Unlike a real cold, it is not caused by a virus but by allergy. It is therefore also…
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Show more- Supernumerary digit An extra finger or toe
- Pelvis, android There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male…
- Nonsyndromic Not part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic
- Quadriplegic Pertaining to quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs -- both arms and both legs), as from a high spinal…
- PANDAS An acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Disorders Associated with Strep. PANDAS is the sudden onset of symptoms…
- Dextrocardia The heart is reversed and is in the right side of the chest rather than in its normal location on the left…
- Immune tolerance A state of unresponsiveness to a specific antigen or group of antigens to which a person is normally…
- Leaded gasoline See: Tetraethyl lead
- Temple An area just behind and to the side of the forehead and the eye, above the side of the check bone (the…
- Bag, air A bag that fills with air, designed for frontal impact crashes, the kind of crashes which account for more…
- Onychoosteodysplasia This is the nail-patella syndrome, an hereditary condition characterized by abnormally formed (dysplastic) or…
- Corticosteroid Any of the steroid hormones made by the cortex (outer layer) of the adrenal gland. Cortisol is a…