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Child urine infection
See: Urinary tract infection in children
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- Morton's toe See: Morton's syndrome
- Infection, Neisseria An infection acquired in a hospital. Specifically an infection that was not present or incubating prior to…
- Rate, mortality A death rate. There are a number of different types of mortality rates as, for examples, the following: >…
- Gamma globulin A major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common antibodies circulating…
- Sperm A sperm is the male 'gamete' or sex cell. It combines with the female 'gamete,' called an ovum, to form a…
- Disease, Conor and Bruch African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- R/O Medical abbreviation for rule out
- Ricketts, Howard T. American pathologist and pioneering infectious disease expert (1871-1910) who was the first to establish the…
- Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa A blistering skin condition inherited in both autosomal dominant and recessive manners and in which the…
- Adverse effect A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by administration of a medication or by…