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Illness, chronic
An illness that has persisted for a long period of time. It is a continuing disease process
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- Oophoritis Inflammation of the ovary or egg sac.
- FGFR3 Abbreviation for fibroblast growth factor receptor 3. Mutations in the FGFR3 gene are known to cause three…
- Graves disease Generalized diffuse overactivity ('toxicity') of the entire thyroid gland which becomes enlarged into a…
- Cortical blindness Blindness due to loss or injury to the visual cortex, that section of the cerebral cortex responsible for…
- Mixed connective tissue disease Mixed connective tissue disease: A mixture of three diseases of connective tissue (the framework of the cells…
- Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome See: Doula (the first meaning).
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- Staph Very commonly used shortened form of Staphylococcus, a very common and important group of bacteria. See…