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- African sleeping sickness Also called African trypanosomiasis, a systemic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei that is…
- Brachial plexus palsy Paralysis of the arm due to an injury to the brachial plexus, a network of spinal nerves that originates in…
- Ulcer, esophageal A hole in the lining of the esophagus (tube-like organ leading from the throat to the stomach) corroded by…
- Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome A specific genetic form of short-limbed dwarfism with skeletal features that also include normal head…
- Hemorrhoidectomy Surgical removal of hemorrhoids (enlarged and dilated veins in and around the rectum and anus)…
- Mycobacterium avium A slow-growing bacterium found in the soil and in dust particles that causes tuberculosis in birds and swine…
- Plexus 1. In medicine, a network or tangle of lymphatic vessels, nerves, or veins. For example, the brachial plexus…
- German measles vaccine A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…