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Morton nerve entrapment
See: Morton's neuroma
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- Prostatitis, chronic bacterial Prostatitis, chronic bacterial: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a…
- Imbricate Overlapping like shingles or tiles on a roof. The scales on a snake are imbricate. From the Latin imbricatus…
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome A type of compression neuropathy (nerve disease due to compression of the nerve) in the ankle and foot…
- Arth. and Musculoskeletal and Skin Dis, Nat'l Inst S and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of…
- Toll-like receptor 4 TLR4. One in a family of receptors that provide critical links between immune stimulants produced by…
- Cryptosporidium parvum The parasite that causes the disease, cryptosporidiosis. See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Ectoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers (the other two being the mesoderm and endoderm) that make up the…
- German disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Incubation period In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the…
- Trismus Inability to open the mouth fully. This may be due to spasm of the jaw muscles and be a symptom of tetanus…
- A. baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii. See: Acinetobacter