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Foot fungus
Athlete's foot causes foot itching, burning, pain, and scaling. It is caused by a fungus and is treated with antifungal medications, many of which are available over-the-counter. Keeping the feet dry by using cotton socks and breathable…
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Show more- Accoucheur French for a male obstetrician, a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and…
- Electrophrenic respiration See: Diaphragm pacing
- Habitus The physique or body build. Also the posture. For example, corticosteroid therapy can produce a…
- Kindercam See: Kiddie cam
- Doctors Without Borders A group which sends physicians and other health workers to some of the most destitute and dangerous parts of…
- Pulmonary stenosis The pulmonary valve is too tight so that the flow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart into the…
- Toc- (prefix) Stemming from the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining…
- Sigmodon hispidus See: Cotton rat
- Syndrome, acquired immunodeficiency AIDS
- Kidney stones, cystine Cystine kidney stones are due to cystinuria, an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino…
- WHS Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
- CPEO with ragged-red fibers See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome