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Recreational water illness
An illness that is spread by swallowing, breathing, or having contact with contaminated water from swimming pools, spas, hot tubs, decorative water fountains, lakes, rivers, or oceans. Recreational water illnesses (RWIs) can cause a wide…
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Show more- Mucosa Having to do with a mucous membrane. For example, the oral mucosa.
- Berserk Frenzied, enraged. From the Norse berserkr, one of the old Norse warriors who worked themselves into a frenzy
- Tuberculosis, bovine See: Bovine tuberculosis
- Generalized anxiety disorder Abbreviated GAD. A condition characterized by 6 months or more of chronic, exaggerated worry and tension that…
- Geriatrics The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- Intersexual genitalia Genitalia that are neither typically female nor typically male. Known in clinical medicine as ambiguous…
- Breast abscess A local accumulation of pus within the breast due to infection. Symptoms may include painful local swelling…
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) An hereditary cancer syndrome which carries a very high risk of colon cancer and an above-normal risk…
- Anoxic Pertaining to anoxia, an absence or near absence of oxygen
- Leptospirosis Leptospirosis: An infectious disease caused by a particular type of bacteria called a spirochete transmitted…
- Arteriohepatic dysplasia Also known as Alagille syndrome, this ia a genetic disorder characterized by jaundice in the newborn period…
- Hemochromatosis Hemochromatosis (iron overload) is an inherited disorder in how the body absorbs and stores iron. The excess…