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Polio vaccine, live
See: Polio vaccine, oral
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Show more- ITE In-the-ear. See: In-the-ear hearing aid
- Syphilis test, VDRL A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody…
- Fong disease See Nail-patella syndrome
- Exaggerated startle disease A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Ossicle Any small bone, such as the tiny bones within the human ear
- Swelling of the brain See: Cerebral edema
- Conor and Bruch disease African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Scanning electron microscope Abbreviated SEM. A microscope in which a finely focused beam of electrons is scanned across a specimen, and…
- Allopathic medicine The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different…
- Emesis Vomiting. An emesis basin is usually kept handy for surgery patients recovering from general anesthesia since…
- Economy class syndrome The formation of blood clots in veins deep within the legs -- deep vein thrombosis -- occurring during (or…
- Werner syndrome A premature aging disease that begins in adolescence or early in adulthood and results in apparent old age by…