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Dermatofibroma
A common type of benign skin tumor that is small, slow-growing, typically firm, red-to-brown and most often on the legs. Also called a fibrous histiocytoma. They can grow up to about 1 cm (less than a half inch) in diameter. A…
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Show more- Long-term care facility A facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or…
- Abuse, steroid Use of substances containing anabolic steroids to increase muscle mass. Such steroids can have many side…
- Essential 1. Something that cannot be done without.2. Required in the diet, because the body cannot make it. As in an…
- Curettage The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. A…
- Peritonitis, acute Sudden inflammation of the peritoneum, the membrane lining the inner wall of the abdomen and pelvis…
- Orthopedics The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). Orthopedics is how this field of…
- Sensory integration A form of occupational therapy in which special exercises are used to strengthen the patient's sense of touch…
- Heat syncope Sudden dizziness, feeling faint ans sometimes fainting experienced after exercising in the heat. The skin…
- Fungi Plural of fungus
- Belly pain Pain in the abdomen. See: Abdominal pain
- HCV PCR HCV PCR (polymerase chain reaction) is a test for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). There are three types of HCV…
- Syndrome, Boerhaave's See: de Lange syndrome.