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Hypercholesterolemia
High blood cholesterol. This can be sporadic (with no family history) or familial. Familial hypercholesterolemia is the most common inherited type of hyperlipidemia (high lipid levels in blood). It predisposes to premature arteriosclerosis…
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Show more- Foodborne disease A disease caused by consuming contaminated food or drink. Myriad microbes and toxic substances can…
- Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- NIH A genetic disease named for the city of Nijmegen (in The Netherlands) with increased chromosome breakage…
- Acetabular Pertaining to the acetabulum, the cup-shaped socket of the hip joint which is a key feature of the pelvis…
- Allergy scratch test Allergy scratch test: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is the…
- C. elegans Caenorhabditis elegans, a roundworm
- Ophthalmopathy Any eye disease. External ophthalmopathy may refer to any disease of the eyelid, cornea, conjunctiva, or eye…
- Nanny A woman employed full-time to take care of one or more children in a family home. Nanny is the diminutive of…
- Salubrious Good for the health. Healthy. Promoting health or well-being. Wholesome. For example, smog is far from…
- Anesthetic, epidural An anesthetic injected into the epidural space surrounding the fluid-filled sac (the dura) around the spine…
- Humoralism In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Acute confusional state See: Delirium