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Rasmussen syndrome
A brain disorder caused by inflammation of brain cells in one hemisphere. Its cause is unknown. Rasmussen syndrome causes seizures often difficult or impossible to control with medication, and eventually results in brain shrinkage…
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Show more- Polyhydramnios Too much amniotic fluid.
- Minor anomaly An unusual anatomic feature that is of no serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. A minor…
- Grapefruit diet The Grapefruit diet is a weight loss plan that incorporates eating half a grapefruit with each meal and…
- Molluscicide Synonymous with molluscacide and at least equally hard to say. See: Molluscacide
- American dog tick The tick most commonly responsible for transmitting R. rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever…
- MEDVAC Acronym for medical evacuation. MEDVAC typically refers to a team that is organized with the skills for the…
- Trimox See: Amoxicillin
- Forearm The portion of the upper limb from the elbow to the wrist. In popular usage, the arm extends from the…
- Lithotripsy, percutaneous nephro- (PNL) A technique for removing large and/or dense stones and staghorn stones. PNL is done via a port created by…
- Renal calculi Kidney stones. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or groin. Occurs in 1 in…
- Expectoration A big polysyllabic word for sputum or the act of bringing up and spitting out sputum. From the Latin…
- Hepatitis C virus A single-stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family that causes hepatitis C. Abbreviated HCV. The HCV…