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Tuberculosis, antibiotic-resistant
A variant of tuberculosis (TB) that is not affected by one or more of the antibiotics normally used to treat it. If the strain of TB is unaffected by more than one medication, it is called multidrug resistant (MDR) TB. A person with any…
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Show more- Gland, mammary One of the glands within the breast that secrete milk when prompted to do so by special hormones. Mammary…
- Foot, athlete A skin infection caused by a fungus called Trichophyton which can thrive and infect the upper layer of the…
- Rh factor An antigen found in the red blood cells of most people: those who have Rh factor are said to be Rh positive…
- Allergic rhinitis Medical term for hay fever, a condition due to allergy that mimics a chronic cold. (Hay fever is a misnomer…
- Stethoscope An instrument used to transmit low-volume sounds such as the heartbeat (or intestinal, venous, or fetal…
- Winter depression See: Tooth, wisdom.
- Yolk sac Not all yolk has to do with birds' eggs. Human embryos have a yolk sac, too. The human yolk sac is a membrane…
- Nil disease A form of kidney disease preferably called minimal change disease. See: Minimal change disease
- Cancer, oat cell See: Oat cell cancer
- Black henna A tattoo ink and paste consisting of henna with other ingredients added, sometimes including…
- Spectral karyotype (SKY) Karyotype(SKY): A visualization of all of the chromosomes in the genome all together with each chromosome…
- Peripheral neuropathy Peripheral neuropathy: A problem with the functioning of the nerves outside the spinal cord. Symptoms may…