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Echovirus
A group of viruses found in the gastrointestinal tract. The 'echo' part of the name stands for enteric cytopathic human orphan viruses. 'Orphan' implied that they were viruses not associated with any disease. However, it is now known that…
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- High protein diet A high protein diet is a type of weight loss plan that emphasizes consumption of high-protein-containing…
- Skeletal muscle One of three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) which represents the majority of…
- Doctor In a medical context, any medical professional with an MD, a PhD, or any other doctoral degree. The term…
- Hypnic 1. Inducing sleep. 2. Pertaining to sleep. A hypnic jerk is a sleep start or jerk. From the Greek hypnikos…
- Acute myocardial infarction A heart attack. The term 'myocardial infarction' focuses on the heart muscle, which is called the…
- Morton's syndrome A syndrome characterized by a shortened first metatarsal (foot) bone that results in excessive force on the…
- Poisoning, carbon monoxide See: Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Strain, lumbar See: Lumbar strain.
- Medication, generic Drugs that act as blood vessel dilator (vasodilators) and open vessels by relaxing their muscular walls). For…
- Stye A stye is a red tender bump on the eyelid that is caused by an acute infection of the oil glands of the…
- Buschke scleredema See: Scleredema