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Neuralgia, postherpetic
Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles that persists beyond one month. The most common complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia. This occurs when the pain associated with shingles persists beyond one month, even…
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Show more- Tyrosinemia type II A metabolic genetic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme tyrosine transaminase. The disease is…
- Vitreous type 2 Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type II. See: Stickler syndrome
- Eclampsia Convulsions (seizures) occurring with pregnancy-associated high blood pressure and having no other cause
- Genomics The study of genes and their function. Genomics aims to understand the structure of the genome, including the…
- Hypocalcemia Lower-than-normal blood calcium. Low blood calcium makes the nervous system highly irritable with tetany…
- Cuboid bone The cuboid bone is the outer bone in the instep of the foot. It is called the cuboid bone because it is…
- Ring chromosome A structurally abnormal chromosome in which the end of each chromosome arm has been lost and the broken arms…
- Leukemia, acute lymphocytic Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). A quickly…
- Lytic Suffix having to do with lysis (destruction), as in hemolytic anemia, the excessive destruction of red blood…
- Primary HIV infection The first few months after infection with HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus). During primary HIV…
- Refract In ophthalmology, to determine the bending of light that takes place within the human eye. Refractive errors…
- Chorioamnionitis Inflammation of the chorion and the amnion, the membranes that surround the fetus. Chorioamnionitis usually…