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Show more- Quarantine The period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. Before the era of antibiotics…
- Enterovirus A virus that enters the body through the gastrointestinal tract and thrives there, often moving on to attack…
- Lung cancer, familial Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family…
- Purpura, acute thrombocytopenic See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura.
- Pancreatic islet cell carcinoma See: Islet cell cancer
- Suprarenal gland See adrenal gland.
- Migraineur A person who has migraine headache. Borrowed from the French
- Fear of heights An abnormal and persistent fear of heights. Sufferers experience severe anxiety even though they realize as a…
- Pelvic Having to do with the pelvis, the lower part of the abdomen, located between the hip bones
- IgM Immunoglobulin M, a major class of immunoglobulins. IgM includes the antibodies that are usually produced…
- Isometric exercise Exercise involving muscular contractions without movement of the involved parts of the body. Isometric…
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen…