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Schistosomiasis
Diseases of liver, gastrointestinal tract and bladder caused by schistosomes, trematode worms that parasitize people. Infection is from infested water. There are three main species of these trematode worms (flukes) --Schistosoma…
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Show more- Disease, Takayasu See: Takayasu disease
- Radiopaque Anything that does not let X-rays or other types of radiation penetrate. Radiopaque objects block radiation…
- Supernumerary Beyond the normal number. Anything supernumerary is extra. A supernumerary chromosome is an extra one beyond…
- Dyshidrotic eczema Irritation of the skin on the palms of hands and soles of the feet characterized by clear, deep blisters that…
- ACP (American College of Physicians) See: American College of Physicians
- Hemorrhage Bleeding or the abnormal flow of blood. The patient may have an internal hemorrhage that is invisible or an…
- Colectomy >Right hemicolectomy -- in which the right part of the colon is removed, >Left hemicolectomy -- where the…
- Infectious hepatitis immunization See Immunization, hepatitis A
- Respiratory papillomatosis, recurrent Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths in the larynx on the vocal…
- Autotransplantation The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…
- Social worker, clinical See: Licensed clinical social worker
- Cryoglobulin An abnormal blood protein that has the unusual properties of precipitating from the blood serum when it is…