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Sjogren of Sjogren syndrome
Sjogren syndrome: Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren, Swedish ophthalmologist (1899-1986), who described the sicca syndrome, a chronic disease, commonly called Sjögren syndrome today. Sjögren graduated in medicine in 1922 from the Karolinska…
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Show more- Imbibe 1. To drink, especially alcoholic beverages. 2. To absorb or take up fluid.From the Latin imbibere (to drink…
- Herbicide chemical 2,4-DCP A poisonous chemical used to produce a herbicide. 2,4-DCP (short for 2,4-dichlorophenol) is employed in the…
- Cancer, lung Cancer of the major organ of respiration - the lung. Lung cancer kills more men and women than any other form…
- Hepatico- A combining form used before a consonant to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Lavage Washing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons
- Disease, Fahr This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by…
- Spanish influenza See: Spanish flu
- Acute-phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein
- Tuberculosis, avian A type of tuberculosis affecting birds, caused by Mycobacterium avium, which may be communicated to other…
- Oxymetholone A male hormone that stimulates production of the male hormone testosterone. It is sometimes given to treat…
- Thrombectomy Procedure to remove a clot (a thrombus)
- Meralgia paresthetica Meralgia paresthetica: Entrapment or pinching of the nerve that supplies sensation to the outer portion of…