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Childbirth fever
Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called childbed fever or puerperal fever. If the infection involves the bloodstream, it constitutes puerperal sepsis. In Latin a 'puerpera' is a…
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Show more- Intravitreous In the vitreous, the fluid behind the lens in the eye. As in an intravitreous injection.
- Cranial nerve, eleventh The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Holt-Oram syndrome A genetic syndrome characterized by the combination of heart disease and malformations of the upper limb. The…
- Recombinant tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the temporal bone of the skull. It is one of the most…
- Disease, acute respiratory A sudden condition in which breathing is difficult and the oxygen levels in the blood abruptly drop lower…
- Horror autotoxicus Literally, the horror of self-toxicity. A term coined by the great German bacteriologist and immunologist…
- Study, preclinical A study to test a drug, procedure or medical treatment in animals. The aim is to collect data in support of…
- Peptide A molecule consisting of 2 or more amino acids. Peptides are smaller than proteins, which are also chains of…
- Endometriosis Also known as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o-sis), this is a common benign condition of the uterus in…
- Nondisjunction Failure of paired chromosomes to disjoin (separate) during cell division so that both chromosomes go to one…
- Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, antibiotic-resistant