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Hepatitis C virus
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- Category 5 storm See: Category five hurricane
- Heart failure Heart failure: Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure of the…
- CXCR4 A chemokine receptor found on a wide variety of cells that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains that…
- Trichinosis Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.
- Paralysis, vocal cord Paralysis, vocal cord: Inability of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move. The paralysis is usually…
- Grand rounds A formal meeting at which physicians discuss the clinical case of one or more patients. Grand rounds…
- Hemochromatosis Hemochromatosis (iron overload) is an inherited disorder in how the body absorbs and stores iron. The excess…
- Costal margin The lower edge of the chest (thorax) formed by the bottom edge of the rib cage
- Acute pancreatitis Sudden inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas abruptly becomes inflamed and then gets better. Some people…
- Hayfever Hay fever is, always has been, and ever shall be two separate words. See: Hay fever