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Condition, Sever
Inflammation of the growth plate of the calcaneus, the bone at the back of the heel. The inflammation is at the point where the Achilles tendon attaches. Sever condition occurs mainly in adolescent or older children, particularly active…
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Show more- Precursor Forerunner. That which precedes or is derived from an available source. The term 'precursor' is applied to an…
- Femoral head, avascular necrosis of the See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Syndrome, Pendred See Pendred syndrome
- Goiter-deafness syndrome See Pendred syndrome
- Radiologic Having to do with radiology.
- Delay, developmental Behind schedule in reaching milestones of early childhood development.
- Migraine, classic Migraine with aura. Accounts for no more than most 20% of migraines. See Migraine
- Stokes Adams attack Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…
- Psoriasis, pustular A type of recurring psoriasis characterized by the appearance of pus-filed pimples and sores in clusters. It…
- Chicken soup Long known as Jewish penicillin. See: Jewish penicillin
- Disease, chronic wasting See Chronic wasting disease
- Defibrillator storm A condition that arises when a defibrillator implanted in the chest to right an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart…