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Show more- Otoscope Instrument for looking in the ear. Today, otoscopic or ophthalmoscopic heads can usually be attached to the…
- Virulent Extremely noxious, damaging, deleterious, disease-causing (pathogenic). Marked by a rapid, severe, and…
- Lassa virus The deadly cause of Lassa fever. Lassa virus is a virulent and highly transmissible RNA virus that belongs to…
- Headache, febrile A headache associated with fever. Because this can sometimes indicate inflammation of the brain, as in…
- Shock, toxic See Syndrome, toxic shock.
- Allogeneic graft See: Allograft
- Sleep apnea, central A breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep. Central sleep apnea…
- Annexins The annexins are a family of proteins first described in 1990. All of the annexin proteins share the property…
- Schizencephaly A developmental disorder of the brain characterized by abnormal slits, or clefts, in the cerebral…
- Thyrolingual cyst See: Thyroglossal cyst
- Nearsightedness The ability to see near objects more clearly than distant objects. Also called myopia . Myopia can be caused…
- Macular degeneration Macular degeneration: A disease that progressively destroys the macula, the central portion of the retina…