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Viral hemorrhagic fever
Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have been labeled A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. While other viruses can also cause hepatitis, their primary target is not the liver.
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- Disease Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs)…
- Foot type The category into which a particular foot falls. Foot types are generally classified into one of three…
- Cervical vertebra, second The second cervical vertebra is called the axis. It is so-named because the uppermost cervical vertebra…
- Sliding hiatal hernia Hiatal hernias are categorized as being either sliding or para-esophageal. Sliding hiatal hernias are those…
- Tension 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Septum, ventricular The wall between the two lower chambers (the right and left ventricles) of the heart
- Lentigines When there is one lentigo, there are usually more lentigines
- Dysphonia, spastic See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Haemophilus influenzae type B This kind of immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a…
- Foot pain Foot pain: Foot pain is the sensation of discomfort in the foot arising from disorders or injury to any of…
- Antero- Prefix signifying before, earlier, front. From the Latin anterior meaning before