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Seizure, jackknife
See: Infantile spasms
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- Erythema infectiosum A sometimes-used Latin name for fifth disease. See Fifth disease
- Echocardiography, transesophageal A diagnostic test which is done through the esophagus and which employs ultrasound waves to make images of…
- Myositis Inflammation of muscle tissue. There are many causes of myositis, including injury, medications, and diseases
- Sodium The major positive ion (cation) in fluid outside of cells. The chemical notation for sodium is Na+. When…
- Culdoscopy The introduction of a viewing tube (called an endoscope or culdoscope) through the end of the vagina into the…
- Paraffin dip A treatment for the symptoms of joint and muscle conditions, such as arthritis, that consists of melted…
- Enzyme A protein (or protein-based molecule) that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living organism. An enzyme acts…
- Migraine, menstrually associated See: Menstrual migraine
- Cryosurgery Treatment performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys abnormal tissue. See also cryotherapy.
- German disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…