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Paraesthesia
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- Disease, Behcet's See: Behcet's syndrome
- Rickettsialpox A mild infectious disease first observed in New York City caused by Rickettsia akari, transmitted from its…
- Saphenous vein The saphenous veins -- there are two, the great and the small saphenous veins - serve as the principal veins…
- Restenosis Renarrowing, as in restenosis of a coronary artery after angioplasty. From the Greek 'stenos' meaning narrow
- Borborygmi Rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines (stomach 'growling'). Pronounced BOR-boh-RIG-mee…
- Hydrogen cyanide See: Cyanide
- Syndrome, Jadassohn-Lewandowski This is a type of what is called pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth). The characteristic…
- Colon cancer, family history of The presence of a history of colorectal cancer in a family. The colon cancer risk is higher if an immediate…
- Heel stick A procedure in which a newborn baby's heel is pricked and then a small amount of the blood is collected…
- Disease, subclinical An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable…