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Xerostomia
Dry mouth. The condition of not having enough saliva to keep the mouth wet due to inadequate function of the salivary glands. Everyone has a dry mouth once in a while when they are nervous, upset or under stress. But if someone has a dry…
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Show more- Diabetic skin disease A skin disorder that is caused by diabetes or affected by diabetes. Skin disorders are common in diabetes…
- Section, lower segment Cesarian (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus
- Induration Induration: Localized hardening of soft tissue of the body. The area becomes firm, but not as hard as bone
- Submandibular gland The second largest of the three major salivary glands. It is located deep to the mandible (jaw bone).
- Sodium The major positive ion (cation) in fluid outside of cells. The chemical notation for sodium is Na+. When…
- Hepatitis, infectious See Hepatitis A
- TXA2 Thromboxane A2, the active form of thromboxane
- Intrinsic 1. An essential or inherent part of a something such as a structure.2. Coming from within, from the inside…
- Dysplastic nevus An atypical mole whose appearance is different from that of a common ordinary mole. Dysplastic nevi tend to…
- Traumatic brain injury Brain damage from trauma. The three leading causes of death from traumatic brain injury relate to firearms…
- Mycobacteria Plural of mycobacterium
- Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia