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Colorblindness of the red-green type (also known as deuteranopia or deuteranomaly). The term "Daltonism" is derived from the name of the chemist and physicist, John Dalton (1766-1844). Dalton was born in a village in Cumberland, England…
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Show more- Surgery, elective Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example…
- Isoflavone A type of plant estrogen (phytoestrogen) found chiefly in soybeans
- Hydrogen The most plentiful element in the universe and one present in all organic compounds. Hydrogen is a gas with…
- Menetrier's disease See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Shopaholic Someone obsessed with shopping. A compulsive shopper. From shop + -aholic, alteration of -oholic (as in…
- Local treatment Treatment that affects the tumor and the area close to it.
- Herbicide A chemical pesticide designed to control or destroy plants, weeds, or grasses. Herbicides tend to have…
- Syndrome, hypoplastic left heart A form of congenital heart disease in which the whole left half of the heart (including the aorta , aortic…
- Condyloma latum A manifestation of the secondary stage of syphilis that takes the form of broad flat wartlike growths in…
- HIV infection, acute The body's initial reaction to infection by the HIV virus. Acute HIV infection is a flu-like syndrome that…
- Disease, mitochondrial >An eye disease called Leber's hereditary optic atrophy; >A type of epilepsy called MERRF which stands for…
- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome The Gorlin syndrome