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- Poisoning, silver Silver poisoning, medically termed argyria, causes ashen gray discoloration of the skin (and other tissues of…
- Contraction, premature See: Extrasystole
- Infection, breast See: Breast infection. See also: Mastitis
- Pancreatic Having to do with the pancreas, a spongy, tube-shaped organ about 6 inches long. It is located in the back of…
- Fibrosis, premacular See: Macular pucker
- Diabetic neuropathy Diabetic neuropathy: A family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. Diabetic neuropathies cause numbness and…
- Beriberi A syndrome characterized by inflammation of multiple nerves (polyneuritis), heart disease (cardiopathy), and…
- Little lady of Flores The first skeleton, that of a diminuitive female, found on the Indonesian island of Flores belonging to a new…
- Congenital webbed neck syndrome See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Lightening Not to be confused with a discharge of atmospheric electricity, lightening refers to the sensation that a…
- Trochlear nerve The trochlear nerve controls the superior oblique muscle of the eye, one of the extraocular muscles, the…