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Seborrhea
Seborrhea: A chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by the accumulation of scales of greasy skin. There may be yellow crusted patches that are itchy. Seborrhea often affects the scalp. Other sites include the face, ears…
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- Echocardiography, stress Stress: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 10 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Elidel Brand name of pimecrolimus
- Coccus A bacterial cell which has the shape of a sphere. Coccus enters into the name of a number of bacteria. For…
- Sweats, night Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats have many possible…
- Antagonist In biochemistry, an antagonist acts against and blocks an action. For example, insulin lowers the level of…
- SAPHO syndrome SAPHO syndrome: SAPHO syndrome is an eponym for a condition which is characterized by a combination of: >…
- Defibrillator storm A condition that arises when a defibrillator implanted in the chest to right an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart…
- Lips Aside from the lips of the mouth, there are two pairs of lips at the entrance to the vagina. They are the…