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Salmonella: A group of bacteria that cause typhoid fever and a number of other illnesses, including food poisoning, gastroenteritis and enteric fever from contaminated food products. Named for the American pathologist Daniel Salmon…
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- Meatus, female urethral The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females…
- Sundowning Also known as Sundown Syndrome, a term used to refer to behavioral changes that often occur in the late…
- Vein, jugular The jugular veins are in the neck and drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward…
- FBN1 The fibrillin 1 gene. This gene is mutated in Marfan syndrome, the MASS syndrome, and related disorders of…
- Diabetic spinal cord disease Involvement of the spinal cord in diabetes. Most of the neurologic attention in diabetes mellitus has focused…
- Ovary, polycystic See: Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Cirrhosis and gray matter degeneration Bral gray matter, Alpers: A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity…
- Histoplasma See: Histoplasma.
- FAE (fetal alcohol effects) A softer diagnosis than fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The diagnosis of possible FAE is considered when: 1…
- Thrombocythemia An abnormally high number of platelets in the blood. Also known as thrombocytosis.
- Assisted living A type of long-term care facility for elderly or disabled people who are able to get around on their own but…