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Colitis, pseudomembranous
Severe inflammation of the inner lining of the colon due usually to the clostridium difficile (C.difficile) bacterium, one of the most common causes of infection of the large bowel (colon) in the United States, affecting millions of…
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Show more- Practice, family The medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family…
- Chorion The outermost of the two fetal membranes - the amnion is the innermost --. which together surround the…
- Nuclei The plural of nucleus
- Orthodontics Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dental…
- Fracture, comminuted A fracture in which bone is broken, splintered or crushed into a number of pieces. NTER> A fracture is a…
- Medication, antibiotic A drug used to treat bacterial infections. The original definition of an antibiotic was a substance produced…
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy Recurring meningitis without identifiable cause that leaves no residual damage to the nervous system. Benign…
- Tissue, connective See: Connective tissue
- Acute phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein
- Ovary cyst, follicular A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- A.c. Abbreviation on a prescription meaning before meals; from the Latin 'ante cibum', before meals. This is one…
- Pathobiology Pathology, with emphasis on the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying human disease