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Bladder infection
Infection of the urinary bladder. Some people are at more risk for bladder and other urinary tract infections (UTIs) than others. Women are at greater risk than men. One woman in five develops a UTI during her lifetime. Not everyone with a…
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Show more- Pitting edema Observable swelling of body tissues due to fluid accumulation that may be demonstrated by applying pressure…
- Seborrhea Seborrhea: A chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by the accumulation of scales of greasy…
- Disease, Ritter This is the scalded skin syndrome, a potentially serious side effect of infection with the Staph…
- Eustachian tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Benign sleep myoclonus Sleep myoclonus: A distinctive disorder of sleep in infancy characterized by rhythmic myoclonic jerks (sudden…
- Mammaplasty, reduction See: Breast reduction
- Heart muscle A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The heart muscle, or cardiac muscle, is…
- Meniscus, lateral knee The word 'meniscus' refers to a crescent-shaped structure. The lateral meniscus of the knee is a thickened…
- Syndrome, Cornelia de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
- Sclerokeratitis Inflammation of the sclera, the tough white coat that covers most of the back of the eyeball and that is…
- Clone Literally a fragment, the word in modern medical science has come to mean a replica, for example, of a group…
- Oneiric Relating to dreams; dream-like. From the Greek 'oneiros' (dream). See oneirophrenia