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Hand, foot, and mouth disease
A common illness of infants and children under 10 years old characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a rash with blisters due to infection most commonly with coxsackievirus A16 or less often enterovirus 71 or another enterovirus…
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Show more- Retromingent Urinating backwards. Also an animal such as a raccoon that urinates backwards. As in: 'You have revealed…
- Allergic contact dermatitis A red, itchy, weepy reaction where the skin has come into contact with a substance that the immune system…
- Ciliary body melanoma See: Intraocular melanoma
- Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) A herpesvirus that contributes to the development of Kaposi sarcoma, an otherwise rare form of cancer…
- Immune response Any reaction by the immune system.
- Hybridization, in situ The use of a DNA or RNA probe to detect the complementary sequence. In situ hybridization is like all nucleic…
- Demulcent Soothing. The word 'demulcent' comes from the Latin verb, 'demulcere' meaning 'to caress.' Something that is…
- Ankle twist See: Ankle sprain
- Della Robbia The infant in swaddling, today the symbol of pediatrics, sculpted by the Florentine artist Andrea della…
- X inactivation The phenomenon in a female by which one X chromosome (either the maternally or paternally derived X) is…
- Diet, Atkins A high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate weight-loss diet popularized by Dr. Robert C. Atkins. See: Atkins…
- Hemoglobinuria The presence of free hemoglobin in the urine, an abnormal finding, that may make the urine look dark…