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Paresthesia
An abnormal sensation of the skin, such as numbness, tingling, pricking, burning, or creeping on the skin that has no objective cause. Paresthesia is the usual American spelling and paraesthesia the preferred English spelling. Pronounced…
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Show more- Body type A somewhat old-fashioned term used to classify the human shape into three primary types: ectomorphic…
- Parenchymal Pertaining to the parenchyma of an organ. See: Parenchyma
- Oocyte A female germ cell in the process of development. The oocyte is produced in the ovary by an ancestral cell…
- Diabetes insipidus Diabetes insipidus: Excessive urination and extreme thirst as a result of inadequate output of the pituitary…
- A. baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii. See: Acinetobacter
- Hereditary kidney cancer Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…
- Range, normal By convention, the normal range for whatever (a particular test, condition, symptom, behavior, etc.) is set…
- Fluorosis A much-used anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Full name…
- Pseudomembranous colitis Severe inflammation of the inner lining of the colon. Pseudomembranous colitis is characterized by pus and…
- Pleurisy Pleurisy: Inflammation of the pleura, the linings surrounding the lungs. There are two layers of pleura; one…
- Malignant melanoma See: Melanoma
- Cleft lip The presence of one or two vertical fissures (clefts) in the upper lip -- cleft lip can be on one side only…