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- Gesundheit Interjection used to wish 'good health,' especially to someone who has sneezed. In this situation, Gesundheit…
- Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease is a kidney condition associated with…
- Neuroendocrine cancer of the skin Also called Merkel cell carcinoma. An uncommon but highly malignant skin tumor that characteristically starts…
- Syndrome, cauda equina See: Cauda equina syndrome
- BCC Basal cell carcinoma
- Anatomy, gross Better known among medical students simply as 'gross', gross anatomy is the study of the form of structures…
- Nephroblastoma See: Wilms tumor
- Shot, flu The flu (influenza) vaccine is recommended annually (each year) for persons at high risk for serious…
- Pontiac fever A flu-like illness caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila contracted by breathing mist that comes…
- Vein, hepatic One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Acute-phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein