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Fever, rheumatic
An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection (such as a 'strep throat') or scarlet fever and predominantly affects children. Symptoms include fever, pain in the joints, nausea, stomach cramps, and vomiting. Rheumatic fever…
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Show more- Myeloperoxidase deficiency Deficiency of the enzyme myeloperoxidase which may predispose to severe fungal infections. The enzyme is…
- Goiter, iodide Just as too little iodine can cause thyroid disease, so may prolonged intake of too much iodine also lead to…
- Node, sinoatrial The sinoatrial is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Pain management Pain management: The process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Pain management is an…
- Superbug An informal term for a bacterium that has become resistant to antibiotics usually used to treat it, as…
- Prefix, medical See: Medical prefix
- Plummer's disease Toxic multinodular goiter. Also called Parry's disease
- Knuckle The dorsal aspect of the flexed metacarpophalangeal joint. Knuckle may be shorter and simpler to say.
- Hiatal hernia Hiatal hernia: An anatomical abnormality in which part of the stomach protrudes up through the diaphragm into…
- Infant, post-term An overly mature baby that has not been born until well after the usual term pregnancy. A post-term baby is…
- Intraoperative During surgery. Literally, within surgery. Intraoperative hemorrhage is bleeding during surgery
- Lens, ocular In a microscope, the lens closest to the eye is termed the ocular (the eyepiece) whereas the objective (also…