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Waterborne bacterial disease
An illness due to infection with bacteria contaminating the water supply. Waterborne bacterial diseases cause a wide range of syndromes including: acute dehydrating diarrhea (cholera), prolonged febrile illness with abdominal symptoms…
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Show more- Heparin An anticoagulant (anti-clotting) medication. Heparin is useful in preventing thromboembolic complications…
- Stress test, radionucleide See: Radionuclide stress test
- Immunoglobulin G Abbreviated IgG. A major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Homicide 1. The killing of a person. 2. Strictly speaking, the killing of a man. femicide. From the Latin meaning…
- Cauliflower ear Adding=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Ear bones The malleus, incus, and stapes
- TACE Transarterial chemoembolization, a procedure in which the blood supply to a tumor is blocked (embolized) and…
- Adjuvant therapy Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition…
- Gynecoid Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-…
- Rupture A break or tear in any organ (such as the spleen) or soft tissue (such as the achilles tendon). Rupture of…
- Scoliosis, nonstructural A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- Compression, biliary See: Biliary compression