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Eosinophilic meningitis
Meningitis with a high percentage of eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The usual cause is the parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, also known as the rat lungworm. People become infected with this…
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Show more- Aqueous humor In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Differentiation therapy Differentiation therapy: An approach to the treatment of advanced or aggressive malignancies in which the…
- Dyskinesia Difficulty or distortion in performing voluntary movements, as in tic, chorea, spasm, or myoclonus. The term…
- Fetishism Fetishism is a problem in which a person has sexual urges associated with non-living objects. The person…
- XX gonadal dysgenesis with sensorineural deafness See Perrault syndrome
- Sinus tachycardia A fast heartbeat (tachycardia) because of rapid firing of the sinoatrial (sinus) node. The sinoatrial (or…
- Liver disease Liver disease refers to any disorder of the liver. The liver is a large organ in the upper right abdomen that…
- Eustachian tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Nodule A small solid collection of tissue, a nodule is palpable (can be felt). It may range in size from greater…
- Shock lung See: ARDS
- Lice, pubic See: Pubic lice
- Cytogenetics The study of chromosomes, the visible carriers of DNA, the hereditary material. Cytogenetics is a fusion…