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Black lung disease
A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and carbon in the coal dust cause black lung disease. About one of every 20 miners studied in the US has X-ray evidence of black lung…
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- Dislocation of the radial head See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Clinodactyly Curving of the fifth finger (the little finger) toward the fourth finger (the ring finger). Sometimes called…
- Ichthyosis simplex Excessively dry skin with scaling. Also called xeroderma. See: Xeroderma. See also: Ichthyosis vulgaris
- Resistance, antibiotic The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to withstand an antibiotic to which they were once sensitive…
- Taenia In medicine, taenia is a genus (group) of large tapeworms some of which are parasitic in humans. In anatomy…
- Pericardium, visceral The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of…
- Colorblindness The inability to perceive colors in a normal fashion. The most common forms of colorblindness are inherited…
- Syphilis, tertiary The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- Milwaukee brace One of the two main types of braces used to treat the lateral curve of the spine in scoliosis. This brace can…
- Agent, antihypertensive As the name suggests, a drug aimed at reducing high blood pressure (hypertension)
- Gram calorie (Calorie) The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853-1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called…