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- Tissue, lymphoid A part of the body's immune system that helps protect it from bacteria and other foreign entities. Lymphoid…
- Deficiency, FALDH Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Ketone bodies Chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Alzheimer disease See: Alzheimer's disease
- Trimox See: Amoxicillin
- Rehabilitation The process of restoration of skills by a person who has had an illness or injury so as to regain maximum…
- Orgasmic dysfunction See: Anorgasmia
- Kingella kingae A type of bacteria that has emerged from obscurity to become known as an important cause of invasive…
- Vocal cord One of two small bands of muscle within the larynx. These muscles vibrate to produce the voice. The vocal…
- Dercum disease A condition characterized by painful fatty tumors (lipomas) beneath the skin. The diseases tends to be…