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Scarlet fever
Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a small proportion of people with strep throat. The incubation period between contracting strep and the onset of scarlet fever is…
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- Heart-hand syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Appendix rupture Rupture of appendix
- Penetrance The likelihood a given gene will result in disease. For example, if half (50%) of the people with the…
- Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum See: Zenker diverticulum
- Laryngeal nerve, recurrent One of the best known branches of the vagus nerve, a very long nerve that originates in the brainstem. After…
- Autistic savant A person with autism who is exceptionally gifted in a specialized field. That field may, for example, be…
- Procedure, Whipple See: Whipple procedure
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- Menometrorrhagia Excessive uterine bleeding, both at the usual time of menstrual periods and at other irregular intervals…
- Postmenopausal After the menopause. Postmenopausal is defined formally as the time after which a woman has experienced…
- OB/GYN A commonly used abbreviation. OB is short for obstetrics or for an obstetrician, a physician who delivers…