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Fever, scarlet
Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a small proportion of people with strep throat. The incubation period between contracting strep and the onset of scarlet fever is…
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- Polychlorocamphene See: Toxaphene
- Exocrine Pertaining to the secretion of a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary…
- Corrigan pulse A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan…
- Cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase See: Protein kinase A
- MAB Or mab. Abbreviation for monoclonal antibody. At the end of a generic drug name, -mab indicates that the drug…
- Ependymoma A type of brain tumor derived from the cells that line the cavities within the ventricles of the brain and…
- Rectouterine pouch >Culdoscopy, the introduction of an endoscope through the vagina into the cul-de-sac; >Culdoscope, the…
- Malignant ascites A condition in which fluid containing cancer cells collects within the abdomen
- Induced menopause Menopause: Menopause may be due to an unusual ('unnatural') event. It is induced when the ovaries are…
- Absinthism The disorder associated with the habitual abuse of absinthe. The symptoms included hallucinations…
- Disease, von Recklinghausen Neurofibromatosis type 1