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Show more- Syndrome, post-polio (PPS) A constellation of symptoms and signs that appear from 20 to 40 years after the initial polio infection, and…
- Dextrose Better known today as glucose, this sugar is the chief source of energy in the body. Glucose is chemically…
- George W. Thorn See: Thorn, George W.
- Stress test, pharmacologic There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac…
- Skin abscess A common boil, a collection of pus beneath the skin, which may need to be surgically lanced to let it drain…
- Restless legs See: Restless leg syndrome
- Elastic fiber A slender fiber in connective tissue that is rich in the protein elastin and has an elastic quality
- Fusospirillosis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Thalassemia Not just one disease but rather a complex series of genetic (inherited) disorders all of which involve…
- Physical child abuse See: Normal growth.
- Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth See Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Borrelia burgdorferi The spirochete (a type of bacteria) that causes Lyme disease. Named after its discoverer, Dr. Willy…