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Gingivitis, phagedenic
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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- Xeromammography Xeroradiography of the breast. Xeroradiography is a photoelectric method of recording an x-ray image on a…
- Hypoplastic anemia-triphalangeal thumbs E-Smith type: See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- Hereford genome See: Bovine genome
- Foodborne disease A disease caused by consuming contaminated food or drink. Myriad microbes and toxic substances can…
- Nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma See: Tylosis with esophageal cancer
- Marburg virus An inherited disorder of connective tissue characterized by abnormalities of the eyes, skeleton, and…
- Infertility Infertility: The diminished ability or the inability to conceive and have offspring. Infertility is also…
- Phenylalanine An essential amino acid. (The human body cannot make it so it is essential to the diet.) Phenylalanine that…
- Test, sweat See: Sweat test
- Papillomavirus, human Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A.
- Pancreatitis, acute See: Acute pancreatitis