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Thrush
Thrush: Yeast infection of the mouth and throat, characterized by patches of white, caused by the fungus Candida albicans . Yeast are part of the normal flora in the mouth. They ordinarily do not cause symptoms. Certain conditions, such as…
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Show more- Fever therapy Fever therapy: Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the…
- Radical neck See: Radical neck dissection
- Psoralen Any of a number of drugs and other substances containing chemicals that react with ultraviolet (UV) light to…
- Adenomyosis uteri Also known more succinctly as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o- sis), this is a common benign condition…
- Suture See: SV40.
- Encephalitis, Rasmussen A rare progressive neurological disorder that is characterized by intractable seizures and progressive…
- MALT Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.
- Nat'l Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Y Diseases (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- Coeval Of the same or equal age or duration. For example, the two elderly men were coeval with one another. Coeval…
- Dementia complex, AIDS See: AIDS dementia complex
- Annexins The annexins are a family of proteins first described in 1990. All of the annexin proteins share the property…
- Polyarteritis nodosa Polyarteritis nodosa: An autoimmune disease (immune system attacking its own body) characterized by…