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Slow virus
1. A virus that has a long incubation period before the onset of a gradually progressive disease. 2. Specifically, one of the Lentivirinae, a subfamily of viruses that are nononcogenic retroviruses such as Visna virus that cause diseases…
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- Morton's foot See: Morton's neuroma
- Traditional oriental medicine This is a sophisticated form of medicine comprised of many systematic techniques and methods, including…
- Swimmer's ear Swimmer's ear: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Hallucination, musical See: Musical hallucination
- Yeast infection Yeast infection: Overgrowth of yeast can affect the skin (yeast rash), mouth (thrush), digestive tract…
- Handedness The preferential use of one hand for most fine manual tasks. Right handedness is the preferential use of the…
- Skin tag Skin tag: A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). Skin tags may appear on the skin almost…
- Uterine rupture A tear of the uterus, an uncommon but very serious situation that may result in hysterectomy, urologic…
- Rebound effect The characteristic of a drug to produce reverse effects when the effect of the drug has passed or the patient…
- Nephrectomy The surgical removal of a kidney. A nephrectomy can be radical, simple, or partial. The kidney, the adrenal…