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Syndrome
A set of signs and symptoms that tend to occur together and which reflect the presence of a particular disease or an increased chance of developing a particular disease. For example, the constellation of numbness of the neck, arms, and…
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- Valley fever A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…
- Tick-borne disease >Babesiosis (a malaria-like infection) >Colorado tick fever (generally in the western US) >Ehrlichiosis >Lyme…
- Keratotomy A surgical incision (a cut) made into the cornea. A radial keratotomy is a surgical procedure designed to…
- Beaufort wind scale A widely used wind force scale whih is a simple numerical relationship to wind speed based on an observation…
- Folding motif An independent folding unit, or particular structure, that recurs in many molecules
- MCAT The Medical College Admissions Test, a test that is required of all applicants to medical school in the U.S…
- Subdeltoid Beneath the deltoid, the large muscle that stretches from the clavicle (collarbone) to the humerus (the long…
- Ragged red fibers with CPEO See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Placebo effect A positive medical response to taking a placebo, a sham medication as if it were an active medication. Up to…
- Critical care Intensive care. The specialized care of patients whose conditions are life-threatening and who require…