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Mumps
Mumps: An acute (sudden, shortlived) viral illness that usually presents with inflammation of the salivary glands, particularly the parotid glands. A child with mumps often looks like a chipmunk with a full mouth due to the swelling of the…
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Show more- Measly The word measly can refer to measles, and, thence, to spotty and, thence, to something that is of little…
- Migrainous neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, today better known as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 See: MPC1
- Sacrum The large heavy bone at the base of the spine, which is made up of fused sacral vertebrae. The sacrum is…
- Resorption The process of losing substance. Bone, when it is remodeled (reshaped), undergoes both new formation and…
- Histo Popular name for the fungus histoplasma. Also medical school slang for histology
- Gene, Med1 DNA repair A gene that codes for one of the key enzymes involved in repairing DNA. The DNA in genes is constantly…
- Pallidum Part of what are called the basal ganglia of the brain which consist of the globus pallidus and the ventral…
- Encephalopathy, mitochondrial (MELAS) MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike episodes. MELAS is a…
- Male organs of reproduction >The male external genitalia -- the penis, the male urethra, and the scrotum; and >The male internal…
- Node, atrioventricular The atrioventricular (AV) node is an electrical relay station between the atria (the upper) and the…
- Locked-in syndrome A neurological disorder characterized by complete paralysis of voluntary muscles in all parts of the body…