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Herbal remedy
A medication prepared from plants, including most of the world's traditional remedies for disease. Most people think of herbal remedies as products sold over the counter as 'supplements', such as saw palmetto extract or goldenseal…
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- Fever, desert A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Big bone disease See: Kashin-Beck disease
- Health Care Finance Administration See: HCFA
- Inversion, paracentric chromosome A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that does not include the centromere (and so is…
- Toddler A young child who is learning to walk with short unsteady steps. The word toddle is of unknown origin
- Bromism A disease caused by chronic exposure to bromine or one of its compounds. Bromism is characterized by mental…
- RXT Medical abbreviation for radiotherapy
- US Department of Agriculture A department of the executive branch of the US government founded in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln -- he…
- Bones, axial There are 80 axial bones, comprised of 29 bones in the head and 51 bones in the trunk
- Danon disease A genetic disorder characterized by heart problems, mental retardation and muscle weakness that affects males…
- Poliomyelitis An acute and sometimes devastating viral disease. Man is the only natural host for poliovirus. The virus…