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Encephalitis, LaCrosse
One of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus is a virus that is arthropod-borne (carried by a mosquito, tick or another kind of arthropod). The arbovirus infects and inflames the brain. LaCrosse…
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Show more- Craniocleidodysostosis >Typical cranial and facial abnormalities with square skull, late closure of the sutures of the skull, late…
- Varicose veins Varicose veins: See: Varicose vein.
- Locoregional metastasis Metastasis (spread) of a cancer only within the region in which it arose. In contrast to systemic metastasis
- Nerve, eleventh cranial The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Heart and hand syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Cheiroarthropathy A syndrome of limited joint mobility that occurs in patients with diabetes. Cheiroarthropathy is…
- Fibrositis Also known as fibromyalgia. See: Fibromyalgia
- Renal aneurysm An aneurysm involving the kidney
- Spermicide, vaginal A vaginal spermicide is a substance that will kill sperm in the vagina. Vaginal spermicides are available in…
- Transplant, bone marrow See: Bone marrow transplant
- Pachy- (prefix) Thick. As in pachydactyly (thick fingers), pachydermatous (thick fingers) and pachyonychia (thick nails)…
- Gower syndrome (situational syncope) The temporary loss of consciousness in particular kinds of situations. (Syncope is temporary loss of…