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Brucellosis
An infectious disease due to the bacteria Brucella that causes rising and falling (undulant) fevers, sweats, malaise, weakness, anorexia, headache, myalgia (muscle pain) and back pain. Brucellosis is named after its bacterial cause. It…
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Show more- Retinoid Retinol is vitamin A. Carotene compounds (found, for example, in egg yolk, butter and cream) are gradually…
- Intermittent insomnia See Insomnia, intermittent
- Footling presentation There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- Omentectomy Surgery to remove part or all of the omentum, a fold of the peritoneum (the thin tissue lining the abdomen)…
- Video-assisted resection Surgery that is aided by the use of a video camera that projects and enlarges the image on a television…
- Resin, bile acid Bile acid resins are substances that bind in the intestines with bile acids that contain cholesterol and are…
- TC-99 tetrofosmin scintimammography Scintimammography is an imaging technique that uses a radioisotope (a radioactive substance) to help…
- Linkage analysis Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and…
- Vitamin D3 A vitamin produced by the body when exposed to ultraviolet light or obtained from dietary sources. Vitamin D3…
- Beers list See: Beers criteria
- Fear of crossing streets Abnormal and persistent fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares; fear of thoroughfares…
- Disease, fifth See Gaucher disease, type 1.