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Gingivitis, Vincent
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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Show more- Medical helminthology The field of medicine that pertains to helminths (worms) capable of disease in people. For more about these…
- Human genome All of the DNA that a person possesses. The human genome is made up of all of the DNA in our chromosomes as…
- Genitalia, male See: Male genitalia
- Scooter injury An injury sustained on a scooter, a foot-operated board mounted tandemly on two wheels with an upright…
- Serial amnioreduction The repeated removal of large volumes of amniotic fluid by amniocentesis. The rationale for serial…
- Modifiers, biological response (BRMs) Substances that stimulate the body's response to infection and disease. The body naturally produces small…
- Dystonia, Segawa Dystonia, Segawa: An important variant form of dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD). DRD typically begins in…
- Myotonic myopathy, proximal See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Supernumerary Beyond the normal number. Anything supernumerary is extra. A supernumerary chromosome is an extra one beyond…
- Epidural anesthetic An anesthetic agent injected into the epidural space, the space outside the dura -- the outermost, toughest…
- Change of life The change of life is the menopause, the time in a woman's life when menstrual periods permanently stop…
- Cerebral hemispheres The two halves of the cerebrum, the largest part of the brain.