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Yeast rash
A slightly raised pink-to-red rash caused by proliferation of yeast, usually in a moist area such as the groin. It is most common in infants, but can also occur on the skin of older children and adults. Treatment is by keeping the affected…
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Show more- Quasidominant Pattern of inheritance that seems due to a dominant trait but is in fact due to the mating of a person who…
- High protein diet A high protein diet is a type of weight loss plan that emphasizes consumption of high-protein-containing…
- Knee, jumper's See: Patellar tendonitis
- Supercentenarian Someone 110 years old or over (no upper limit). This term was coined in 1991. See also: Age by decade
- Antibody, antithyroglobulin An antibody directed against thyroglobulin which is a key protein in the thyroid gland essential to the…
- Ventricle, right The ventricles are the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives…
- Amnion A thin membrane surrounding the fetus during pregnancy. The amnion is the inner of the two fetal membranes…
- Hydrocephalus, normal pressure See: Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Refractory anemia Anemia (a shortage of red blood cells) unresponsive to treatment
- Urine blood Blood in the urine. Also called hematuria. Gross hematuria refers to blood that is so plentiful in the urine…
- Food poisoning, Campylobacter Food poisoning, Campylobacter: Now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, caused by an Campylobacter…
- Microarray A tool used to sift through and analyze the information contained within a genome. A microarray consists of…