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Morbus gallicus
The French disease. Syphilis. The name 'syphilis' was coined by Hieronymus Fracastorius (Girolamo Fracastoro). Fracastorius was a true Renaissance man; he wrote on the temperature of wines, the rise of the Nile, poetry, the mind, and the…
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Show more- Sphingomyelin lipoidosis Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…
- Recuperate To recover health and strength. From the Latin recuperare meaning to regain, get back, recover. To recuperate…
- Coitus interruptus A method of contraception, also called withdrawal, in which the man withdraws his penis from the vagina…
- RXT Medical abbreviation for radiotherapy
- Syndrome, Sjogren's See: Sjogren syndrome
- Diabetic macular edema Edema: Swelling of the retina in diabetes mellitus due to leaking of fluid from blood vessels within the…
- Carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating ductal Breast, infiltrating ductal: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of…
- Allopathic medicine The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different…
- Fever, cat scratch A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The disease…
- Chemo-fog See: Chemobrain
- Salvage radiotherapy Radiation treatment given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Thrombosis The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for…