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- Malignant 1. Tending to be severe and become progressively worse, as in malignant hypertension. 2. In regard to a…
- Difficult urination See: Dysuria
- Antisepsis Prevention of infection by inhibiting or arresting the growth and multiplication of germs (infectious…
- Eosinophilic meningitis Meningitis with a high percentage of eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) in the cerebrospinal fluid…
- Focal seizure See: Partial seizure
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- Hecht syndrome A striking genetic disorder in which abnormally short muscles in the jaw make it impossible to open the mouth…
- Hysterectomy, vaginal Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision, not of the abdomen but, within the vagina. With a vaginal…