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Balanitis, circinate
A form of skin inflammation around the penis in males with Reiter's syndrome. The skin around the shaft and tip (glans) penis can become inflamed and scale. This inflammation around the penis can be helped by cortisone creams (such as…
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Show more- Nosebleed, causes of The nose is a part of the body that is very rich in blood vessels (vascular) and is situated in a vulnerable…
- Disease, inflammatory bowel A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Endep See: Amitriptyline
- Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) baby Born very prematurely weighing between 401 and 1000 grams (about 14 to 35 ounces) at birth. Extremely low…
- Stereotactic needle biopsy A biopsy in which the spot to be biopsied is located three-dimensionally, the information is entered into a…
- Pancreatic carcinoma See: Pancreatic cancer
- Keratotic scabies See crusted scabies
- ALT (alanine aminotransferase) An enzyme normally present in liver and heart cells that is released into the bloodstream when the liver or…
- Mitochondrial cytopathy, Kearns-Sayre type See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Transplant, lung The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.
- Lycanthropy The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with…
- Isometropia The condition in which both eyes have equal refractive power. If, for example, one eye is myopic…