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Fever, valley
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- Syndrome, Patau Trisomy 13 syndrome or three chromosome number 13s instead of the normal two. Children with this condition…
- Bayesian Pertaining to Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) and to probability methods based on Bayes theorem. As in Bayesian…
- Bacteriophage See: Phage
- Expiration date The date for a drug estimated for its shelf life with proper storage in sealed containers away from harmful…
- Ductal carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating Breast, infiltrating: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of cancer…
- CMT Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Bony syndactyly A condition in which the bones of fingers or toes are joined together. Bony syndactyly is the opposite of…
- Post-menopausal See: Postmenopausal
- Drug, ACE-inhibitor A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin…
- Intervertebral disk A pad of cartilage between two vertebrae that acts as a shock absorber
- Cryptitis A term that is used to describe one of the abnormalities that is seen under the microscope when small…
- Vagina, septate A vagina that is divided, usually longitudinally, to create a double vagina. This situation can be easily…