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Shock syndrome, dengue
A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock). Known also as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), it starts abruptly with high…
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- Adult respiratory distress syndrome Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Familial cancer Cancer or a predisposition (tendency) to it that runs in families.
- Ommaya reservoir A device implanted under the scalp that is used to deliver anticancer drugs to the cerebrospinal fluid, the…
- Biochemistry The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems…
- Parainfluenza A disease due to an acute respiratory infection caused by a parainfluenza virus. Parinfluenza occurs usually…
- Hip replacement, total Hip replacement, total: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Gastric stapling A surgical procedure that converts the upper part of the stomach into a very small pouch by stapling portions…
- ATL The disease variously called adult T-cell leukemia, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and adult T-cell lymphoma…
- Premature ejaculation Premature ejaculation is ejecting semen from the penis, usually accompanied by orgasm occurring sooner than a…
- Taenia dentata Taenia solium
- Protocol, Bruce See: Bruce protocol