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Kala-azar
A chronic and potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs, particularly the liver, spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes) due to infection by the parasite called Leishmania donovani. Leishmania donovani, the agent…
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Show more- Histiocyte A type of white blood cell, also called a macrophage, that is created by the bone marrow. They usually stay…
- Visceral Referring to the viscera, the internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart…
- Prosthetic Referring to a prosthesis, an artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth…
- Epi- A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…
- Poikiloderma Extra pigmentation of the skin demonstrating a variety of shades and associated with widened capillaries…
- RF Rheumatoid factor. Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a…
- Tache noire Black spot (in French), a small ulcer covered with a black crust at the site of a tick bite, characteristic…
- Geriatric medicine The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- Petechiae Pinpoint flat round red spots under the skin surface caused by intradermal hemorrhage (bleeding into the…
- Epilepsy, temporal lobe See: Epilepsy, temporal-lobe
- Michael Stuart Brown See: Brown, Michael Stuart
- Crime scene investigation The use of physical evidence at the scene of the crime and the use of deductive and inductive reasoning to…