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- Livedo reticularis A mottled purplish discoloration of the skin. Livedo reticularis can be a normal condition that is simply…
- Gibbon See: Gibbon, John H., Jr.
- Stockholm syndrome Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…
- Allergy immunotherapy Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…
- HAVRIX A vaccine against hepatitis A made of killed hepatitis A virus to stimulate the body's immune system to…
- Passage, nasal The walls of the nasal passages are coated with respiratory mucous membranes which contain innumerable tiny…
- CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. An inherited form…
- Headache Headache: A pain in the head with the pain being above the eyes or the ears, behind the head (occipital), or…
- DES Diethylstilbestrol, the earliest synthetic (man-made) form of a hormone in the estrogen class. DES was once…
- SDF-1 An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…