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Pilonidal sinus
A sinus tract from which there may be chronic drainage of pus, due to an embedded tuft of hair, most often in the crease between the buttocks, but can occur elsewhere in the body, as between the fingers in barbers, hairdressers, and animal…
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Show more- Smoke, environmental tobacco Abbreviated ETS. See: ETS.
- Nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma See: Tylosis with esophageal cancer
- Yeast rash A slightly raised pink-to-red rash caused by proliferation of yeast, usually in a moist area such as the…
- Ossification The process of creating bone, that is of transforming cartilage (or fibrous tissue) into bone. The human…
- Gland, sudoriferous The sudoriferous (sweat) glands are small tubular structures situated within and under the skin (in the…
- Echinacea Echinacea: An herb that has been claimed to boost the body's immune system and help fight off infections…
- Drosophila The fruit fly. One species, Drosophila melanogaster, is a favorite model organism in genetics and…
- Pruritus Itching. Pruritus can result from drug reaction, food allergy, kidney or liver disease, cancers, parasites…
- Minot-Von Willebrand disease See: Von Willebrand disease
- Bekam Malay name for the practice of cupping. See: Cupping
- Brown, Louise The world's first test-tube baby, conceived by in vitro fertilization and born on July 25, 1978
- Truncate To shorten, to cut short. A malformation (birth defect) may truncate a limb. A mutation may create a stop…