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Inflammatory response
A fundamental type of response by the body to disease and injury, a response characterized by the classical signs of 'dolor, calor, rubor, and tumor' -- pain, heat (localized warmth), redness, and swelling. Innumerable insults (a mosquito…
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- Keratolytic Pertaining to keratolysis, the softening and shedding of the horny outer layer of the skin. A keratolytic…
- Shock, vasogenic Shock caused by widening of the blood vessels, usually from medication
- Protein A large molecule composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order determined by the base…
- Mycobacterium avium A slow-growing bacterium found in the soil and in dust particles that causes tuberculosis in birds and swine…
- Undulate To have a wavy border or form. Also, to rise and fall like a wave. For example, the border of a wound may…
- R-2 Street term for Rohypnol
- Syndrome, HELLP See: HELLP syndrome
- Steppage gait A manner of walking in which the advancing foot is lifted high so that the toes clear the ground. Steppage…
- Corneal dystrophy, Cogan A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines…
- Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive Ystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive: An early onset disorder characterized by the presence of…
- Test, PSA See: PSA