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- Carbuncles A skin abscess, a collection of pus that forms inside the body. Antibiotics are often not very helpful in…
- Medullary cystic kidney disease, recessive Ssive type: A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the…
- Cycle, menstrual See: Menstrual cycle
- Placenta, accessory See: Accessory placenta
- Familial colorectal cancer A label applied to families that contain an unusual aggregation of members with cancer of the colon or rectum…
- Encapsulated Confined to a specific area; the tumor remains in a compact form
- Q.3h. On a prescription, every three hours
- Fridayitis A perplexing condition that suddenly strikes some workers and students on Friday and leads to their absence…
- Mendel, Gregor The great Moravian/Bohemian biologist (1822-84) who set forth the basic laws that constitute the foundation…
- Poisoning, mercury The metallic element mercury is poisonous to humans. Mercury poisoning can occur in both acute and chronic…
- Oneirophrenia An hallucinatory (dream-like) state caused by such conditions as prolonged deprivation of sleep, sensory…