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Headache, chronic daily
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- Device, assistive Any device that is designed, made, and/or adapted to assist a person to perform a particular task. For…
- Parvovirus infection Infection with one of a family of small single-stranded DNA viruses. (Parvovirus means small virus, from the…
- Dengue fever Dengue fever: An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course…
- Stickler-Wagner syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Lunule 1. The crescent-shaped area at the base of a fingernail or toenail. 2. Any small crescent- or moon-shaped…
- Pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy A rare genetic disease that is passed on via an autosomal recessive gene. It is characterized by abnormal…
- Needle stick See: Needlestick injury
- Neuroepithelial Having to do with tissue made up of sensory cells that serve in the reception of external stimuli…
- Cervical dysplasia Changes from normal in the cells lining the cervix of the uterus. Cervical dysplasia involves a sequence of…
- Rubor Redness, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, calor, and tumor). From the…
- Particle, alpha A tiny mass of material composed of two protons and two neutrons. Alpha particles do not travel very far from…