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Biotherapy
Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease. Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight…
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Show more- Shock, cardiogenic Shock caused by heart failure. The heart fails to pump blood effectively. For example, a heart attack (a…
- Policosanol A product derived from the waxy coating of sugar cane that lowers both the total cholesterol and the 'bad'…
- Asthenic 1. Weak. Lacking in strength. 2. Having a slender light body. Ectomorphic.See also: Lambert-Eaton myasthenic…
- NBCCS Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome
- Retinal detachment Retinal detachment: A separation of the retina from its connection at the back of the eye. The separation…
- Vasomotor Relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
- Septicemia Systemic (bodywide) illness with toxicity due to invasion of the bloodstream by virulent bacteria coming from…
- Achilles tendonitis Inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the tough sinew that attaches the calf muscle to the back of the…
- Landry's ascending paralysis A particularly virulent form of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu-like illness…
- Meningitis, cryptococcal Inflammation of the meninges due to infection with the fungal organism cryptococcus neoformans, which is…
- Otopharyngeal tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx, known also as the Eustachian tube. The function of…
- APS (autoimmune polyglandular syndrome) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…