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Fever, desert
A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop symptoms. Most often they have an influenza-like illness with fever, cough, headaches, rash…
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Show more- Vein, femoral See: Femoral vein
- Endocrine gland A gland that secretes a substance (a hormone) into the bloodstream. The endocrine glands are 'glands of…
- Atrioventricular (AV) Pertaining to the atria (the upper chambers of the heart) and the ventricles (the lower chambers of the…
- Tachypnea (Pronounced tack-ip-nea.) Abnormally fast breathing. A respiratory rate that is too rapid. The normal rate of…
- Flu, avian See: Avian influenza
- Tachycardia, paroxysmal atrial A fast heartbeat (tachycardia) because of rapid firing of the sinoatrial (sinus) node. The sinoatrial (or…
- Transsexualism A consistently strong desire to change one's anatomical gender. Some transsexuals were misassigned gender at…
- Nodular Bumpy.
- Osteoclasis The surgical destruction of bone tissue. Osteoclasis is performed to reconstruct a bone that is malformed…
- Cancer of the pancreas See: Pancreatic cancer
- Video-assisted surgery A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Cortisol The primary stress hormone. Cortisol is the major natural GLUCOCORTICOID (GC) in humans