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Fever, typhoid
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- Degenerative arthritis Also known as osteoarthritis, this type of arthritis is caused by inflammation, breakdown and eventual loss…
- Polyhydramnios Too much amniotic fluid.
- Factor X A laboratory-made agent similar to a normally existing substance in the body that stimulates the production…
- Hyperglycemic response A response resulting in a high blood sugar and specifically elevating the level of the sugar glucose in the…
- WNL Within normal limits. A laboratory test result may for instance be WNL.
- Ubiquinone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Petasites hybridus See: Butterbur
- Chloroacetophenone A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Immunocompromised Having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment
- Disease, His Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart), this is a…
- Pleural effusion, fetal See: Fetal pleural effusion