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Epidemic myalgia
Also known as Bornholm disease, this is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease features fever and intense abdominal and chest pains with headache. The chest pain is typically worsened by breathing or coughing…
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Show more- Midwife, direct-entry See: Direct-entry midwife
- Myelogenous Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and…
- Periodontics Periodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases…
- Stem cell transplantation The use of stem cells as a treatment for cancer or other diseases: > >The stem cells are removed (or…
- Pseudodementia A severe form of depression resulting from a progressive brain disorder in which cognitive changes mimic…
- Bronchoscope A thin, flexible instrument used to view the air passages of the lung
- THG Tetrahydrogestrinone. A 'designer steroid.' THG first surfaced in October 2003 with reports of its illicit…
- Familial polyposis of colon, autosomal recessive See: MYH
- Valga See: Valgus
- Familial colorectal cancer A label applied to families that contain an unusual aggregation of members with cancer of the colon or rectum…
- Candidate gene Any gene thought likely to cause a disease. The gene may be a candidate because it is located in a particular…
- CPEO with ragged-red fibers See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome