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Seborrheic dermatitis
A medical name for what is popularly called seborrhea
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- Anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
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- Female gonad The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…
- Injury, mower See: Mower injury
- Conor and Bruch disease African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Pigmentation The coloring of the skin, hair, mucous membranes, and retina of the eye. Pigmentation is due to the…
- Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome An eye disease that is a leading cause of vision loss, due to the spread of spores of the fungus Histoplasma…
- Syndrome, congenital rubella The constellation of abnormalities caused by infection with the rubella (German measles) virus before birth…
- Holter monitor A type of portable heart monitor. The Holter monitor is a small portable electrocardiogram (ECG). The device…
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