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Rickettsiosis, North Asian tick-borne
One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (eschar) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite…
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Show more- Tyrosinemia type II A metabolic genetic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme tyrosine transaminase. The disease is…
- Macular pucker Scar tissue in the macula, the area of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. The scar can blur and…
- Venomous 1. Full of venom. 2. Having venom, like some snakes and insects. 3. By extension, noxious, as a venomous…
- Body, amygdaloid See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Gastroenterologist A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract…
- Late infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Abortion, therapeutic An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an artificial or induced abortion. As opposed to…
- Maternal phenylketonuria A mother with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU) whose high blood levels of phenylalanine (phe) are…
- Lateral femoral cutaneous mononeuropathy See: Meralgia paresthetica
- Biotechnology The fusion of biology and technology. Biotechnology is the application of biological techniques to product…
- Pneumosilicosis See: Silicosis
- Naegleria fowleri A protozoa that is a pathogenic free-living ameba. Infection with Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic…