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Dactylitis
Inflammation of a digit (either a finger or a toe). Dactyl comes from the Greek 'daktylos' meaning 'finger.' It now refers not only to the fingers but also the toes. Dactyledema is edema (swelling) of the fingers or toes; dactylomegaly is…
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- Neprilysin See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase
- Sylvatic plague Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the…
- Fear of sharks Excessive and persistent fear of sharks is termed galeophobia. Sufferers from this phobia experience anxiety…
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- Pathogenetic Pertaining to the pathogenesis of a disease, to exactly how it develops and the precise chain of events…