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Polio vaccine, live
See: Polio vaccine, oral
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Show more- Neuralgia, ciliary A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Transcranial Through the cranium. As, for example, in transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Hypoplasia of the thymus and parathyroids See: DiGeorge syndrome
- Insufficiency, pancreatic See: Pancreatic insufficiency
- Pyelonephritis in children Kidney infection in children. See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Subacute spongiform encephalopathy See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Ectopic pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy: A pregnancy that is not in the uterus. The fertilized egg settles and grows in any…
- Colon cancer and polyps Colon cancer and polyps: Benign tumors of the large intestine are called polyps. Malignant tumors of the…
- Duodenum The first part of the small intestine. The duodenum extends from the pylorus at the bottom of the stomach to…
- Fatal familial insomnia Abbreviated FFI. An hereditary prion disease characterized by disrupted sleep (insomnia), motor abnormalities…
- Extremity The extremities in medical language are not freezing cold or scorching heat but rather the uttermost parts of…
- Polycystic kidney disease Polycystic kidney disease: One of the genetic disorders characterized by the development of innumerable cysts…