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Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
A syndrome of unknown origin that mainly affects young children. It causes fever, reddening of the eyes (conjunctivitis) and lips and mucous membranes of the mouth, ulcerative gum disease (gingivitis), swollen glands in the neck (cervical…
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- Necrobiosis See: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Nitrosoureas A group of cancer drugs called alkylating agents because they act by the process of alkylation to inhibit DNA…
- Mus musculus genome All of the genetic information contained in Mus musculus, the laboratory mouse. The genomes of particular…
- Premacular fibrosis See: Macular pucker
- Peripheral vascular disease Peripheral vascular disease: A disease of blood vessels outside the heart. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)…
- Leukemia, acute Cancer of the blood cells (leukemia) that progresses rapidly, as opposed to chronic leukemia which progresses…
- Hemiparesis Weakness on one side of the body.
- Fertile Able to conceive and bear offspring.
- Colonic 1. See: Colonic (adjective). 2. See: Colonic (noun)
- Varix An enlarged and convoluted vein, artery or lymphatic vessel.
- Hb (hemoglobin) Hemoglobin): Hb is the standard abbreviation for hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein pigment in the…