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Itch, seabather's
An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no…
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Show more- Parkinson, James (1755-1824) English physician and paleontologist who gave a classic account in 1817 of a chronic, slowly…
- BRCA1 breast cancer susceptibility gene A mutated (changed) version of the BRCA1 gene that makes a person susceptible to developing breast cancer…
- Hip fracture Broken bone in the hip, a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of trauma…
- Seizure, tonic-clonic See: Tonic-clonic seizure
- Vulva The female external genital organs including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, tiny glands called…
- Gland, thymus See: Thymus
- Bursitis, aseptic A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues…
- Arthrosis >Gliding -- one bony surface glides on another without angular or rotatory movement; >Angular -- occurs only…
- Vesicle, seminal See: Seminal vesicle
- Immunogenetics The genetics (inheritance) of the immune response. For example, the study of the Rh, ABO and other blood…
- Mortality rate, fetal The ratio of fetal deaths to the sum of the births (the live births + the fetal deaths) in that year. In the…
- Reflex, photic sneeze A disorder, also known as the achoo syndrome, characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing…