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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: A condition caused by an abnormality in the electrical system of the heart which normally tells the heart muscle when to contract. In Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, there is an extra electrical…
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Show more- Breakbone fever An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache…
- Blastomycosis Infection with a fungus called Blastomyces dermatitidis. The infection causes symptoms in about 50% of cases…
- Colposcopy Colposcopy: A procedure in which a gynecologist uses a lighted magnifying instrument which is called a…
- Glucose tolerance, impaired See: Impaired glucose tolerance
- Isoflavone A type of plant estrogen (phytoestrogen) found chiefly in soybeans
- Flow cytometry Analysis of biological material by detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells or…
- Bone, sphenoid See; Sphenoid bone
- Trichinosis Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.
- Hallux valgus A big toe (the hallux) that is bent outward (valgus) so it overlaps the 2nd toe. A bunion is a localized…
- PYY A hormone concerned with hunger and the lack of hunger (satiety). Soon after eating, PYY is secreted into the…
- Fracture, comminuted A fracture in which bone is broken, splintered or crushed into a number of pieces. NTER> A fracture is a…
- Cancer, pancreatic See: Pancreatic cancer