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Autoimmunity
A misdirected immune response that occurs when the immune system goes awry and attacks the body itself. Autoimmunity is present to some extent in everyone and is usually harmless. However, autoimmunity can cause a broad range of human…
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Show more- Cisplatin An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called platinum compounds. Cisplatin is used in the…
- Oral moniliasis Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by a fungus formerly called Monilia, now known as Candida…
- Reaction, allergic A reaction that occurs when the immune system attacks a usually harmless substance (an allergen) that gains…
- Articulation disorder The inability to correctly produce speech sounds (phonemes) because of the imprecise placement, timing…
- Parotid gland The largest of the three major salivary glands, it is located in front and below the ear and behind the jaw…
- Irradiation, food See: Food irradiation
- Film Slang shortening of X-ray film, an X-ray, a radiograph
- Metatarsals Five cylindrical bones extending from the heel (the tarsus) to the toes. The metatarsals are numbered from…
- Idiopathic scoliosis A "wastepaper basket" for those cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura whose cause is still unknown. See…
- Rheumatologist, pediatric A physician who specializes in providing comprehensive care to children (as well as their families) with…
- Nephrosclerosis Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis.
- Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) A herpesvirus that contributes to the development of Kaposi sarcoma, an otherwise rare form of cancer…