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Plummer's disease
Toxic multinodular goiter. Also called Parry's disease
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- Ventilator A ventilator is a machine which mechanically assists patients in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide…
- Nitrogen Element number 7, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is biologically important. Nitrogen is a…
- Chemotherapy, topical Chemotherapy, topical: Treatment with an anticancer drug in a lotion, ointment or cream that is applied to…
- Syndrome, tooth and nail A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth at birth and abnormalities of the nails. The…
- Cold, common A viral upper respiratory tract infection. This contagious illness can be caused by many different types of…
- Glans and foreskin, inflammation of the In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Aluminum A naturally occurring element that makes up about 8% of the surface of the earth and is always found combined…
- Medication, clot-dissolving See: Thrombolytic agent
- Tripeptide A peptide consisting of three amino acids
- Smallpox vaccination antidote See Vaccinia immune globulin