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Bone cyst, aneurysmal
A benign lesion in a bone that contains connective tissue and blood inside a thin bony shell and that acts like a tumor and expands the bone. Aneurysmal bone cysts typically occur in the second decade of life and can affect any bone in the…
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- Pediatric bladder infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Line, single transverse palmar See: Simian crease
- Haploinsufficiency A situation in which the total level of a gene product (a particular protein) produced by the cell is about…
- MRDM Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus. See: Tropical diabetes
- Orthopedist An orthopaedic surgeon, orthopaedics being the branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system…
- Alveolitis Inflammation of the alveoli, the air sacs in the lungs
- Neoplasm A tumor. An abnormal growth of tissue. The word neoplasm is not synonymous with cancer. A neoplasm may be…
- Polle syndrome The Munchhausen syndrome by proxy. Polle was the fictional Baron Munchausen's only child and died at a year…
- Chorioamnionitis Inflammation of the chorion and the amnion, the membranes that surround the fetus. Chorioamnionitis usually…
- Eruption, bather's An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Hemolytic Referring to hemolysis, the destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from…