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Pemphigus
One of a group of chronic, relapsing autoimmune skin diseases that cause blisters and erosions of the skin and mucous membranes. The immune system mistakenly regards the cells in the skin and mucous membranes as foreign and attacks them…
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- Crotch A nonmedical term in common usage for the region where the legs come together, the place where the lower…
- Biochemical aspirin resistance The inability of aspirin to produce an anticipated effect on one or more tests of platelet function, such as…
- Childbed fever Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called…
- Transcriptome The complete set of RNA transcripts produced by the genome at any one time. The transcriptome is dynamic and…
- Psychopathic personality disorder See: Antisocial personality disorder
- Lochia The fluid that weeps from the vagina for a week or so after delivery of a baby. At first the lochia is…
- Syndrome, radial aplasia-thrombocytopenia See Syndrome, TAR
- Pagon syndrome Congenital anemia with spinocerebellar ataxia (wobbliness). The anemia is characterized by sideroblasts…
- Myositis Inflammation of muscle tissue. There are many causes of myositis, including injury, medications, and diseases
- Forgotten disease Name sometimes given to Lemierre syndrome
- Public mourning The public display of grief. This may take many forms ranging from the very formal to the very informal, from…