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Vibration white finger
The original name for a painful and potentially disabling condition of the fingers, hans, and arms due to vibration. Known now preferably as the hand-arm vibration syndrome. In this syndrome, there is initially a tingling sensation in the…
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- Axilla The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, better known as the armpit. The word 'axilla' was…
- Craniometaphyseal dysplasia An inherited skeletal condition that involves abnormal bone formation and abnormal mineralization of the…
- Sune K. Bergstrom See: Bergstrüm, Sune K.
- Body surface area BSA. The total suface area of the human body. The BSA is used in many measurements in medicine, including the…
- Fungal nail infection >People with diabetes; >People with disease of the small blood vessels (peripheral vascular disease); and…
- Symptoms, withdrawal Abnormal physical or psychological features that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that has the…
- Minimal change nephrotic syndrome See: Minimal change disease
- Swimming pool granuloma Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…
- Arrector pili A microscopic band of muscle tissue which connects a hair follicle to the dermis. When stimulated, the…