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Shingles
Shingles: An acute infection caused by the herpes zoster virus, the same virus as causes chickenpox. Shingles is most common after the age of 50 and the risk rises with advancing age. Shingles occurs because of exposure to chickenpox or…
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Show more- Rosary pea See: Abrin
- Developmental disorder, specific A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of…
- Neuroradiology The field within radiology that specializes in the use of radioactive substances, x-rays and scanning devices…
- Calcimimetic A drug in a class of orally active, small molecules that decrease the secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH)…
- Chemo-fog See: Chemobrain
- Fructose A sugar that occurs naturally in fruits and honey. Fructose has 4 calories per gram
- Genetics of Parkinson disease See: Forensic genetics.
- Outpatient A patient who is not an inpatient (not hospitalized) but instead is cared for elsewhere -- as in a doctor's…
- Vein, varicose See: Varicose vein
- Proximal myotonic myopathy See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Strep, group A A well-known strain (a type) of streptococcus (strep) bacteria that can cause strep throat and common skin…
- Kinome A subset of the genome consisting of the protein kinase genes. The complete complement of over 500 protein…