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FMF (familial Mediterranean fever)
An inherited disorder featuring short recurring crises of severe abdominal pain and bouts of fever. Other symptoms include arthritis, chest pain from inflammation of the lung cavity, and skin rashes. Between attacks, the patient seems…
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Show more- Scrubs A protective garment designed to be worn by the doctor, nurse, and others in the operating room. The garment…
- Cancer, bladder Cancer of the organ responsible for temporarily holding urine after it leaves the kidneys. The most common…
- Obstetrician A physician who delivers babies and is in the practice of obstetrics, the art and science of managing…
- Legg disease See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Chondrodysplasia, metaphyseal (McKusick type) See: Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
- Dissect To cut apart or separate tissue as, for example, for anatomical study or in surgery. Also, an artery is said…
- Syndrome, Paterson-Kelly See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Beers criteria Criteria for safe medication use in older adults -- for people over 65 years of age. First issued in 1991…
- Fever, five-day Fever, five-day: Also called trench fever, this is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in…
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) The nationwide umbrella for transplantation organ sharing in the U.S. UNOS states that it is 'a private…
- Section, cross A transverse cut through a structure. The opposite is a longitudinal section
- STDs in women See Sexually transmitted diseases in women