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- Condyloma A wartlike growth around the anus, vulva, or glans penis. There are three major types of condylomas, each of…
- Smoke, second-hand Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- Cone A type of specialized light-sensitive cell (photoreceptor) in the retina of the eye that provide sharp…
- Squamous intraepithelial lesion A general term for the abnormal growth of squamous cells on the surface of the cervix. The changes in the…
- Virilize To cause a female to develop male characteristics such as a deepened voice, an increase in body and facial…
- Afferent Carrying toward. A vein is an afferent vessel since it carries blood toward from the heart. An afferent nerve…
- Diabetes, juvenile See Diabetes, type 1
- Pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary fibrosis: Scarring throughout the lungs which can be caused by many conditions such as…
- Scalded skin syndrome A potentially serious side effect of infection with the Staph (Staphylococcus) bacteria that produces a…
- Mutism, akinetic A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology…
- Syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an…