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HIB
This immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a bacteria responsible for a range of serious "invasive" diseases including meningitis with potential brain damage and epiglottitis with…
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Show more- Developmental delay Behind schedule in reaching milestones of early childhood development.
- Appendiceal Relating to the appendix. As, for example, an appendiceal abscess. Perforation of the appendix can lead to a…
- Type 2 diabetes See Diabetes, type 2.
- Enzyme replacement A strategy designed to replace missing enzyme activity in a patient. This strategy currently involves the…
- DTC Direct-to-consumer, as in DTC advertising of prescription drugs
- Dysentery, amebic Dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba (Entamoeba…
- Ocular melanoma See: Melanoma, ocular
- Cripple 1. A person who is lame or disabled. 2. To maim or disable a person. The word 'cripple' is a medically…
- Epigenetic Something that affects a cell, organ or individual without directly affecting its DNA. An epigenetic change…
- Foramen, neural See: Intervertebral foramen
- Kelman, Charles D. See: Phacoemulsification
- Disease, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome