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Melanoderma
Increased skin pigmentation, darkening of the skin. This is directly due to an increased amount of melanin pigment in the skin when there is increased production of melanin by the melanocytes (the cells that make melanin) or if there is a…
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Show more- Discharge 1.The flow of fluid from part of the body, such as from the nose or vagina.2. The passing of an action…
- Neutrophil A type of white blood cell, specifically a form of granulocyte, filled with neutrally-staining granules, tiny…
- Birt Hogg Dube syndrome See: Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
- Kernig sign A clinical hallmark of meningitis, inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal…
- Disease, kissing Infectious mononucleosis ('mono'), a very common illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). By the time…
- Medication, ACE-inhibitor A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin…
- Facies A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face.
- Dilated cardiomyopathy A disorder in which the chambers of the heart are dilated (enlarged) because the heart muscle is weakened and…
- Case-to-infection ratio The ratio of the number of cases of a disease compared to the number of infections with the agent that causes…
- Straitjacket Or strait-jacket or strait jacket. 1. A garment shaped like a jacket with long sleeves the ends of which can…
- IL-1 Interleukin-1
- Denture An artificial set of teeth that can be removed