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Dermatitis, atopic
A skin disease characterized by areas of severe itching, redness, scaling, and loss of the surface of the skin (excoriation). When the eruption (rash) has been present for a prolonged time, chronic changes occur due to the constant…
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Show more- Salter-Harris fracture A traumatic fracture around or through the growth plate (the epiphyseal plate) of a bone in a child
- Sprain An injury to a ligament that results from overuse or trauma. Sprains occurs when there is a stretch or tear…
- Anemia, Mediterranean Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this…
- Gallstones, microscopic Gallstones, microscopic: A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile, also called biliary sludge…
- Multiple subpial transection A multiple subpial transect(MST) is a procedure is used to help control seizures that begin in areas of the…
- Cancer, testicular Cancer of the male sex organ (testicle) that normally produces the hormone testosterone. One of the most…
- Neutropenia Neutropenia: Not enough neutrophils, neutrophils being a type of white blood cell (specifically a form of…
- Breast feeding See: Breastfeeding
- Biopsy, punch See: Punch biopsy
- Bioinformatics The sum of the computational approaches to analyze, manage, and store biological data. Bioinformatics…
- Nocebo A negative placebo effect as, for example, when patients taking medications experience adverse side effects…
- Uterine bleeding See: Menstruation. See also Menometrorrhagia; Menorrhagia; Metrorrhagia