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Syndemic
A set of linked health problems involving two or more afflictions, interacting synergistically, and contributing to excess burden of disease in a population. Syndemics occur when health-related problems cluster by person, place, or time…
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Show more- Cardioverter Although cardioversion (the conversion of one cardiac rhythm to another) may sometimes be done with…
- Parainfectious Occurring at the time of and in association with an acute infection or an episode of infection. For example…
- Peter Mansfield See: Mansfield, Peter
- Melissophobia Fear of bees. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a…
- Cirrhosis and gray matter degeneration Bral gray matter, Alpers: A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity…
- Gas, laughing Nitrous oxide, a gas capable of causing general anesthesia. Today nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the…
- Sphenoid 1. Shaped like a wedge. 2. Relating to the sphenoid bone (which is wedge-shaped)
- SHP Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Dyskeratosis congenita An inherited cause of bone-marrow failure, dyskeratosis congenita is a syndrome characterized by abnormal…
- Cystocele Bulging of the bladder into the vagina. From cysto- (the bladder) + -cele (hernia) because the bladder…
- Vertebral artery A key artery located in the back of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain
- Test, triglyceride Triglycerides are the major form of fat. Triglycerides come from the food we eat and are produced by the…