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Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
Fever (DHF): A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock). DHF starts abruptly with high continuous fever and headache plus…
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- Sawbones Slang name for a surgeon and, in particular, an orthopaedic surgeon (who may have 'sawed bones' on the…
- Genome, Drosophila See: Drosophila genome
- Arteritis, Takayasu Also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis, this is a serious disease characterized by…
- Xanthopsia A form of chromatopsia, a visual defect in which objects appear as if they have been overpainted with an…
- Clamydia A common misspelling of Chlamydia
- Eidetic 1. Marked by extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall, especially of images. 2. By extension, an individual…
- Disease, Werner-His Named for the German physician Heinrich Werner (who did not describe Werner's premature aging syndrome) and…
- Pneumosilicosis See: Silicosis
- Dysplastic nevus An atypical mole whose appearance is different from that of a common ordinary mole. Dysplastic nevi tend to…
- Otalgia Ear pain; earache. Otalgia can originate within the ear, the ear canal, or the external ear. From otos, the…
- Am Symbol for americium