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A skin abscess, a collection of pus that forms inside the body. Antibiotics are often not very helpful in treating abscesses. The main treatments include hot packs and draining ('lancing') the abscess, but only when it is soft and ready to…
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- Family, gene A group of genes related in structure and often in function. The genes belonging to a gene family are…
- Journal of the American Medical Association A medical journal sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health…
- Parathyroidectomy Parathyroidectomy: Surgical removal of one or more of the parathyroid glands. Parathyroidectomy is usually…
- Kissing disease A name for infectious mononucleosis ('mono'), a very common illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)…
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6 ALS6. A form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation…
- Cervical kyphosis, postmenopausal An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the…
- Glutathione S-transferase, omega-1 See: Glutathione S-transferase omega-1
- DEA Every prescription written in the United States bears a DEA number, that of the prescribing doctor, the DEA…
- Gonad, male The male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The…