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Prostatitis, acute bacterial
Prostatitis, acute bacterial: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The symptoms include chills, fever, pain in the lower back and genital area, body aches, burning or painful urination, and…
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- Granuloma A granuloma is one of a number of forms of localized nodular inflammation found in tissues. The fact that a…
- Cholesterol, HDL See HDL cholesterol
- Spasmodic dysphonia A voice disorder caused by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx or voice box. People…
- Morbilli Another name for measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes…
- Quantitative Having to do with quantity or with the amount. See also qualitative.
- Acid deposition A complex chemical and atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds and…
- Pharmacy benefit manager A company under contract with managed care organizations, self-insured companies, and government programs to…
- Syndrome, Kartagener's The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the…
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs…
- Scale, skin A thin piece of the outermost layer of skin resembling a fish scale. They represent a heaping up of the…
- Virus, xenotropic A virus that can grow in the cells of a species foreign to the normal host species, a species different from…