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Lipodystrophy
A disorder of adipose (fatty) tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Patients with lipodystrophy have a tendency to develop insulin resistance, diabetes, a high triglyceride level (hypertriglyceridemia), and fatty liver…
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Show more- Japanese encephalitis A mosquito-borne viral infection, the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Japanese encephalitis…
- Start, sleep See: Hypnic jerk
- Situs inversus totalis A condition in which there is complete right to left reversal (transposition) of the thoracic and abdominal…
- Sabin, Albert (1906-93) Pioneering researcher on viruses and viral diseases who developed the oral live-virus vaccine…
- Retinal wrinkling See: Macular pucker
- WM Abbreviation for 'white male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Itching Itching: An uncomfortable sensation in the skin that feels as if something is crawling on the skin or in the…
- Autonomy, patient The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to…
- Anonymous reporting In public health, anonymous reporting permits the acquisition of certain data such as the proportion of…
- Hydroxytryptamine See: Serotonin
- Angina, Vincent Angina, Vincent: This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and…
- Corpus amygdaloideum See: Amygdaloid nucleus