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- Vesicatory A substance that causes tissue blistering. Also referred to as a vesicant
- Category 1 storm See: Category two hurricane.
- Allergic rhinitis Medical term for hay fever, a condition due to allergy that mimics a chronic cold. (Hay fever is a misnomer…
- Retinal wrinkling See: Macular pucker
- Soft tissue sarcoma A malignant tumor that begins in the muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, blood vessels, or other 'soft' supporting…
- Vasodepressor syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. (Syncope is temporary loss of…
- Womb cancer See: Uterine cancer
- Phenotype, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Gage, Phineas The most famous patient to have survived severe damage to the brain and the first from whom something was…
- Viral particle See: Virion