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Coccidioidomycosis (CM)
A disease due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop symptoms. Most often they have an influenza-like illness with fever, cough, headaches, rash, and myalgias (muscle pains). Of those…
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Show more- Tricuspid Having three flaps or cusps. The valve that is called the tricuspid valve is situated between the right…
- Carboxyhemoglobin Hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide instead of the normal oxygen bound to it. Carbon monoxide has a much…
- Phago- Fix): Eating, devouring. From the Greek 'phago' meaning 'to eat.' Examples of words starting with phago-…
- Hypopnea Literally, underbreathing. Breathing that is shallower or slower than normal. Hypopnea is distinct from apnea…
- Duodenitis Inflammation of the duodenum. (The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine.
- OCPD Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen (CALLA) A cell surface enzyme with neutral metalloendopeptidase activity that serves as a marker for the…
- Protein, proteolipid See: Proteolipid protein
- Torus fracture A fracture in which one side of the bone bends, but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on…
- Hypopharyngeal diverticulum See: Zenker diverticulum
- Cochlear implant A small complex electronic device that is surgically placed (implanted) within the inner ear to help persons…
- Akinesia Impaired body movement; without movement (or without much movement). Akinesia is a term used in neurology to…