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Subclinical disease
An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable clinical findings. It is distinct from a clinical disease, which has signs and symptoms that can be recognized. Many diseases…
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- Multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma: A malignancy of plasma cells (a form of lymphocyte) that typically involves multiple sites…
- Herbalism The practice of making or prescribing herbal remedies for medical conditions. Practitioners of herbalism may…
- Ergonomics The science of making things fit people instead of asking people to fit things. Ergonomics uses knowledge…
- Infection, Neisseria An infection acquired in a hospital. Specifically an infection that was not present or incubating prior to…
- Withdrawal, penis A method of contraception, also called coitus interruptus, in which the man withdraws his penis from the…
- Lumpectomy The surgical removal of a small tumor (a lump) which may or may not be benign (or malignant). Lumpectomy has…