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Fever with renal syndrome, hemorrhagic
A set of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by the abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and pain in the muscles, joints and abdomen with nausea and vomiting followed by bleeding into the…
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- Inferior A large vein that receives blood from the lower extremities, pelvis and abdomen and delivers it to the right…
- Tinea cruris A superficial fungus infection of the crotch and perineum known popularly as jock itch. Good general hygiene…
- Cell, totipotent A cell with the capacity to form an entire organism. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg…
- Memory, anterograde See: Anterograde memory
- Microorchidism Abnormally small testes. To determine if the testes are too small, a device called an orchidometer is used…
- Sirolimus A naturally occurring substance discovered in a soil sample from Easter Island. Sirolimus was initially…
- System, cardiovascular The circulatory system which comprises the heart and blood vessels. The system carries nutrients and oxygen…
- Syndrome, congenital central hypoventilation See: Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
- Aluminum toxicity See: Aluminum
- Heart disease Heart disease: Any disorder that affects the heart. Sometimes the term 'heart disease' is used narrowly and…
- Color hearing A form of chromesthesia in which hearing a musical tone elicits the perception of a color. In one case, an…