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Colitis, amebic
Amebic dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba (Entamoeba histolytica), a single-celled parasite transmitted to humans via contaminated water and food. 'Ameba' is from the Greek…
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- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…
- Emphysema Emphysema: 1) A lung condition featuring an abnormal accumulation of air in the lung's many tiny air sacs, a…
- Cardiac index A cardiodynamic measure based on the cardiac output, which is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects…
- Hepatology The field of liver disease. The liver is the body's largest organ and hepatology is a large field. It…
- Colchicine Colchicine: A substance found in a plant that is used in clinical medicine for the treatment of gouty…
- OTC (over-the-counter) Available without a prescription. OTC drugs are available without a prescription, simply 'over the counter.'…
- Single transverse palmar crease Preferable term for what historically was called a simian crease. See: Simian crease
- Crippled A medically outmoded and politically incorrect term that implies a serious loss of normal function through…
- CPEO with myopathy See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Epstein-Barr virus A virus, abbreviated EBV, best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis ('mono'). Infection with EBV is…
- Uterus, tipped A slight to dramatic placement of the uterus that orients it toward the back. A tipped uterus is common and…