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Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
A serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). The vessels affected are the arteries (hence the name "arteritis"). The age of affected patients is usually over 50 years of age. Cranial…
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Show more- Infection, roundworm Infection from a type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the…
- Fever with renal syndrome, hemorrhagic A set of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by the abrupt onset of high fever and…
- Ossicle Any small bone, such as the tiny bones within the human ear
- Barium 1. A metallic element belonging to the alkaline earths with an atomic number of 56 and an atomic weight of…
- Chronic tamponade A situation in which a chronic excess of fluid inside the pericardial sac and thickening of the pericardial…
- Labium A lip. Labium is the singular of the Latin neuter noun meaning lip. The plural is labia. For more…
- Neoplasm A tumor. An abnormal growth of tissue. The word neoplasm is not synonymous with cancer. A neoplasm may be…
- Hypnagogic hallucination A vivid dreamlike hallucination that occurs as one is falling asleep. The opposite of an hypnopompic…
- Herniorrhaphy The surgical repair of a hernia. Herniorrhaphy may be done under local or general anesthesia using a…
- Cyclic citrullinated peptide A circular peptide containing the amino acid citrulline. Abbreviated CCP. Autoantibodies directed against CCP…
- Familial juvenile nephronophthisis (FJN) A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys…
- Weighing, hydrostatic See: Underwater weighing