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Big bone disease
See: Kashin-Beck disease
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Show more- IU (international unit) An international unit (IU) is an internationally accepted amount of a substance. This type of measure is used…
- Radon A radioactive element formed as a gas during the breakdown of radium.
- Aleve See: Naproxen
- Treacle A medicinal compound once in wide use as an antidote to poisons. Treacle was a kind of salve. It was reputed…
- Congenital anomaly Something that is unusual or different at birth. A minor anomaly is defined as an unusual anatomic feature…
- AC Abbreviation for a.c. (ante cibum on a prescription); acromioclavicular (shoulder joint); antecubital (crook…
- Migrainous neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, today better known as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- HAV Hepatitis A virus
- Therapy, electroconvulsive See Electroconvulsive therapy
- Barotrauma, otic See: Otic barotrauma
- Balantidiasis The disease caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Balantidium
- Quadriparesis Weakness of all four limbs, both arms and both legs, as for example from muscular dystrophy.