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Eight-day measles
Measles: An acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash. The eight-day measles is the ordinary measles, also known as rubeola, a potentially disastrous disease. Measles may be…
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- Thrombocyte A platelet. Crucial to normal blood clotting. Although platelets are sometimes classed as blood cells, they…
- Vaginal hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision made within the vagina. With a vaginal…
- Superaspirin A class of drugs that act in certain but not all ways like aspirin. Also known as Cox-2 inhibitors, these…
- Toe, turf See: Turf toe
- Parenchymal Pertaining to the parenchyma of an organ. See: Parenchyma
- Supplies kit, disaster You and your family can cope best by preparing for disaster before it strikes. One way to prepare is by…
- Drugs, teratogenic A teratogen is an agent that can disturb the development of the embryo or fetus. Teratogens halt the…
- Acoustic neuroma A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from…
- Migraine, menstrually associated See: Menstrual migraine
- Post-traumatic stress disorder Stress disorder: A common anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in…
- German measles immunization The standard MMR vaccine is given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). The MMR vaccine is…