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Diverticulitis
Inflammation of the diverticula (small outpouchings) along the wall of the colon, the large intestine. (One outpouching is a diverticulum; two or more are diverticula). For diverticulitis to occur, there must be diverticulosis, the…
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- Miner's asthma See: Black lung disease
- Tapeworm, measly Taenia solium
- Sleeplessness Insomnia. See also Fatal familial insomnia
- Fever, dengue An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache…
- Renal infection in children See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Tetraphocomelia-thrombocytopenia syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Anergy A state of immune unresponsiveness. Induced when the T cell's antigen receptor is stimulated, effectively…
- Infectious mono See infectious mononucleosis.
- PSA See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis.
- Monoclonal Pertaining to a single clone of cells, a single cell and the progeny of that cell. As opposed to polyclonal…
- Midgut volvulus See: Volvulus