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Show more- Granuloma, swimming pool Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…
- Tarsal gland See: Meibomian gland
- Bronchiolitis Inflammation of the bronchioles, the airways that extend beyond the bronchi and terminate in the alveoli…
- Nails, white spots on the Very small semi-circular white spots on the nails. These spots may be found on the fingernails and…
- Fluoride A compound of fluorine with another element or radical. Fluoride compounds are present in drinking water and…
- Psychoimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the immune system. The basic concept of psychoimmunology is…
- Therapy, salvage See: Salvage therapy
- Sore, cold A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Homo erectus A primate believed to have been an extinct ancestor of modern humans being (Homo sapiens). Known to have been…
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA. One of two types of molecules that encode genetic information. (The other is RNA. In humans DNA is the…
- Genetics, transplantation The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a…
- Vulvodynia, essential A chronic, diffuse, unremitting sensation of burning of the vulva -- (the female external genital organs…