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Renal syndrome with hemorrhagic fever
A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and pain in the muscles, joints and abdomen with nausea and vomiting followed by bleeding into the kidney and elsewhere. Known also…
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- Quality adjusted life year (QALY) A year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is considered equal to 1.0…
- Gestation Period of time from conception to birth
- Kala-azar A chronic and potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs, particularly the…
- Camisole A straitjacket. The term camisole was borrowed from the French and refers to a woman's garment, usually…
- ACEI ACE inhibitor
- Analytic sensitivity The lowest level of a substance that can be detected by an analytic method
- Microdosimetry A technique for measuring the microscopic distribution of energy, useful with different types of radiation…
- Sperm function The capability of sperm to function -- to penetrate and fertilize the egg
- Silver A metal used in some medications and in many 'natural' remedies, as well as in silver amalgam for filling…
- Tetrafluoroethylene A substance that is a possible carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) used in the production of polymers such as…
- Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome