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Papillomatosis, recurrent respiratory
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths in the larynx on the vocal cords in children and young adults. A baby can contract recurrent respiratory papillomatosis by being contaminated with the human…
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Show more- Ocular Having to do with the eye. In a microscope, the lens closest to the eye is termed the ocular (the eyepiece)…
- Swelling of the brain See: Cerebral edema
- Arteria femoralis See: Femoral artery
- Infectious mono See infectious mononucleosis.
- Flesh-eating bacteria A popular media term for a type of strep bacteria (group A streptococcus) which rapidly destroys tissue and…
- Encephalitis Inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis occurs, for example, in 1 in 1,000 cases of measles. It may start (up…
- Virus, human immunodeficiency (HIV) The cause of AIDS. HIV has also been called the human lymphotropic virus type III, the lymphadenopathy-…
- Gonadotropin Hormones that are secreted by the pituitary gland, and that affect the function of the male or female gonads…
- Psoriasis, guttate A type of psoriasis characterized by red, scaly patches of inflamed skin on all parts of the body. It is…
- Drug, ACE-inhibitor A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin…
- Squamous cell carcinoma Cancer that begins in squamous cells -- thin, flat cells that look under the microscope like fish scales…
- Syndrome, HELLP See: HELLP syndrome