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Gingivitis, Vincent
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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- Gingivitis, acute necrotizing ulcerative (ANUG) This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Facial nerve paralysis Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial…
- Drug caution codes Abbreviations on medications that indicate caution. While not a part of the historical heritage of ancient…
- Sabin vaccine The oral polio vaccine developed by Dr. Albert S. Sabin. The first vaccine against poliomyelitis was…
- Video-assisted resection Surgery that is aided by the use of a video camera that projects and enlarges the image on a television…
- Pituitary dwarfism Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland. Children with…
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- Postlingual After the development of speech and language. As opposed to prelingual, before the development of speech. See…
- Headache, Hogwarts See: Hogwarts headache
- Ulcer, esophageal A hole in the lining of the esophagus (tube-like organ leading from the throat to the stomach) corroded by…