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- Phosphatase, alkaline An enzyme made in the liver, bone, and the placenta and normally present in high concentrations in growing…
- Vesiculography The use of special X-ray equipment and a dye to examine the seminal vesicles and related structures…
- Disease, Brill-Zinsser Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus…
- Tabun >Runny nose >Watery eyes >Small, pinpoint pupils >Eye pain >Blurred vision >Drooling and excessive sweating…
- Tick typhus, African See Typhus, African tick
- Fascinoma Medical slang for a fascinating case, usually involving a rare disease
- Methylmalonicaciduria An inherited metabolic (biochemical) disease that causes young children to become mentally retarded. The…
- Fever with renal syndrome, hemorrhagic A set of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by the abrupt onset of high fever and…
- Porphyria A diverse group of diseases in which the production of heme is disrupted. Porphyria is derived from the Greek…
- Progesterone A female hormone and the principal progestational hormone that is made mainly by the corpus luteum in the…
- A.c. Abbreviation on a prescription meaning before meals; from the Latin 'ante cibum', before meals. This is one…