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Rhinitis Acute
Inflammation of the nose that occurs for only a few days. Typically this is caused by a virus ('a cold'); if it goes on beyond a week then it is probably bacterial
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- Meninges The three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord (singular: meninx). The outside meninx is called the…
- Prostate cancer gene Prostate cancer gene: One of the genes that influences the origin and/or progression of prostate cancer…
- Scan, CAT Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- Allergic vasculitis Vasculitis: A disease (also more commonly called the Churg-Straus syndrome) characterized by inflammation of…
- Osteotomy, displacement Surgical reconfiguration of a bone by changing its physical relationship to other bones
- Tumor marker, NSE Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely…
- Paricalcitol A vitamin D analogue. Brand name: Zemplar. In 1998 paricalcitol was approved by the FDA for the treatment of…
- Fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscomas and acrochordons See: Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
- Colorectal adenomatous polyposis, recessive Autosomal recessive form of colorectal adenomatous polyposis, See: MYH
- Mountain sickness, acute (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being in a high altitude environment. AMS is…
- End stage The last phase in the course of a progressive disease. As in end-stage liver disease, end-stage lung disease…