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Seborrheic eczema
Yellowish, oily, scaly patches of skin on the scalp, face, and occasionally other parts of the body
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- Bronchi The large air tubes leading from the trachea to the lungs that convey air to and from the lungs. The bronchi…
- Metabolic Relating to metabolism, the whole range of biochemical processes that occur within us (or any living…
- Iatrics Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be…
- Cytosine (C) One member of the G-C (guanine-cytosine) pair of bases in DNA
- Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids: See: Hemorrhoid.
- Milk allergy, cow Casein and whey are the two major proteins of human milk and most milk-based formulas. Some (less than 8% of)…
- Antidepressant >citalopram (Celexa, Cipramil) >escitalopram oxalate (Cipralex, Lexapro) >fluvoxamine maleate (Luvox)…
- Nipple, supernumerary An extra nipple. Supernumerary nipples are usually smaller than normal and vestigial (nonfunctional, without…
- Chemokine One of a large group of proteins that act as lures and were first found attracting white blood cells. The…
- Gluten A protein found in wheat or related grains and many foods that we eat. Gluten can be found in a large variety…
- Q in population genetics The frequency of the less common of two different alternative (allelic) versions of a gene. (The frequency of…