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Gingivitis, fusospirillary
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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Show more- Acne vulgaris The common form of acne seen most often in teenagers or young adults, acne vulgaris is the result of…
- Cheilitis Inflammation of the lips or of a lip. Cheilitis can also be spelled chilitis. Angular cheilitis is…
- Lobectomy An operation done to remove a lobe of an organ such as the lobe of a lung or a lobe of the thyroid gland. The…
- Atherosclerotic Pertaining to atherosclerosis, the process of progressive thickening and hardening of the walls of arteries…
- L Abbreviation for liter, a metric measure of capacity that, by definition, is equal to the volume of a…
- Trimester The nine months of pregnancy is traditionally divided into three trimesters: distinct periods of roughly…
- Joint, patellofemoral One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Arenavirus One of a family of viruses called Arenaviridae whose members are generally associated with diseases…
- Enucleation The surgical removal of an eye. Enucleation is only done under drastic circumstances such as to remove a…
- Post-thrombotic syndrome The complications that may follow deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The complications after DVT may include…
- Health, Aleut See: Artic health
- Radiation, food See: Food irradiation