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Rash, varicella
Rash, varicella: Varicella (chickenpox) is characterized by a rash, often the first sign of the disease. The rash of chickenpox develops in crops with raised red spots arriving first, progressing to blisters that burst, creating open…
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Show more- Angiomyxoma, aggressive A slow-growing tumor of stromal cells which occurs primarily in the genital and pelvic regions. This tumor is…
- Hospice care Care designed to give supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focus on comfort…
- Fear of flying An irrational fear of flying is called aerophobia. Aerophobia also refers to irrational fear of fresh air or…
- Personality disorder, borderline A serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships…
- Hidrosis Sweating, the production of perspiration. Hidrosis is the Greek word for sweating
- Mourning The process by which people adapt to a loss as, for example, the death of someone near and dear. Mourning is…
- Gastrectomy Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
- Total hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Tinea incognito Tinea corporis, a common fungal infection of the skin, better known as ringworm, whose appearance has been…
- Scleredema adultorum A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
- Disease, Keshan See Keshan disease
- Nondipper A person in whom there is an absence of the normal nocturnal fall (dip) in blood pressure. Nondipper status…