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Asian cholera
A devastating and sometimes lethal disease with intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea was discovered in 1883 to be due to infection with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae, a discovery made by the renowned German bacteriologist Robert…
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Show more- Urethritis Inflammation of the urethra. (The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine…
- Urine infection in children See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Disease, occupational A disease due to a factor in a person's occupation. For example, lung disease in miners. Occupational…
- Tamponade, esophagogastric A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding…
- House staff The resident physicians of a hospital who care for patients under the direction of the attending staff. House…
- Obtunded Mentally dulled. A person may be obtunded due to head trauma. To obtund is to dull or blunt. From the Latin…
- Air-conditioner lung A form of the sick building syndrome caused by organisms that contaminate humidifiers and the piping of air…
- Islet cell carcinoma See: Islet cell cancer
- Receptor, chemokine Receptor, chemokine: A molecule that receives a chemokine and a chemokine dock. A chemokine is a protein that…
- Houseboat carbon monoxide poisoning The invisible and potentially lethal danger of carbon monoxide on houseboats. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a…
- Rickets A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to…
- Xerostomia Dry mouth. The condition of not having enough saliva to keep the mouth wet due to inadequate function of the…