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Acanthamoeba keratitis
Infection of the cornea by acanthamoeba, a microscopic water-borne ameba. The disease tends to occur in people who wear contact lens. It can accompany a bacterial infection of the eye. Acanthamoeba keratitis can produce corneal ulceration…
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Show more- Arthritis, degenerative A type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of the cartilage of the joints. Also…
- Duodenal Pertaining to the duodenum, part of the small intestine. As in duodenal ulcer or duodenal biliary drainage
- Fixation, internal A surgical procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by mechanical devices…
- Audiogram A test of hearing at a range of sound frequencies.
- Transplantation, peripheral blood stem cell A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's blood and used in bone marrow…
- Toxin, botulinum See: Botulinum toxin
- Urine blood Blood in the urine. Also called hematuria. Gross hematuria refers to blood that is so plentiful in the urine…
- Lipitor See: Atorvastatin
- Ear bones The malleus, incus, and stapes
- Erythrasma A chronic superficial slowly spreading skin infection, especially in the folds of the body and webs between…
- Disorder, mathematics A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age…
- Ornithophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of birds. Sufferers from ornithophobia experience undue anxiety about…