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Hornet sting
Stings from hornets and other large stinging insects such as bees, yellow jackets and wasps can trigger allergic reactions varying greatly in severity. Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential. In selected cases, allergy injection…
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Show more- Central core disease of muscle One of the conditions that produces 'floppy baby' syndrome. CCD causes hypotonia (floppiness) in the newborn…
- Duodenitis Inflammation of the duodenum. (The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine.
- Myelination The formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve fiber. Also known as myelinization
- Typhoid Mary Someone who by force of circumstances serves as the source from which something undesirable spreads. Typhoid…
- Seedrin Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy A procedure using laparoscopic techniques to remove the uterus (womb) and/or tubes and ovaries through the…
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant A degenerative disorder of nerves with progressive spasticity of the legs. Abbreviated as AD-HSP. Spasticity…
- Synovial chondromatosis A disorder of a joint featuring a change of the normal joint lining (synovium) tissue's cellular structure to…
- Cutaneous allodynia Pain resulting from an innocuous stimulus to normal skin or scalp. The stimulus that triggers allodynia is…
- Vaccinia necrosum See Progressive vaccinia
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS. AIDS is a disease due to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Also referred to as…
- Proctocele See: Rectocele