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Acute membranous gingivitis
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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- Akinetic mutism A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology…
- Stiff lung See: ARDS
- HBIG Hepatitis B immune globulin, which contains antibodies to hepatitis B virus and offers prompt but short lived…
- Substance 1. Material with particular features, as a pressor substance.2. The material that makes up an organ or…
- Tuberculous diskitis An infection of the spine due to tuberculosis, seen most often in children. The main symptom is back pain…
- Arc eye A condition experienced by welders who do not use adequate eye protection. The intense ultraviolet light…
- Cancer, thyroid See: Thyroid cancer
- Anemia, sickle cell A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S…
- Blood group An inherited feature on the surface of the red blood cells. A series of related blood types constitute a…
- Pseudohemophilia The original name that von Willebrand gave to the bleeding disorder he first described. See: Von Willebrand…
- Gland, lacrimal See: Lacrimal gland