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Wart
Wart: A local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a papillomavirus) is transmitted by contact. The contact can be with a wart on someone else or one on oneself (autoinoculation)…
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- Castleman disease A disorder of lymphoid tissue (lymphadenopathy) with massive overgrowth (hyperplasia) of lymph nodes…
- Flatfoot 1. A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened and the entire sole touches the ground. See…
- Node Literally a knot, a node is a collection of tissue. For example a lymph node, is a collection of lymphoid…
- Accommodation In medicine, the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects (and vice versa). This…
- Amaurotic familial idiocy An outdated term for Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) which is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance…
- Anorexia, cancer See: Cancer anorexia
- Cleft palate An opening in the roof of the mouth (the palate) due to a failure of the palatal shelves to come fully…
- Intervention The act of intervening, interfering or interceding with the intent of modifying the outcome. In medicine, an…
- Neurectomy The removal of part or all of a nerve
- Disease, Addison Long-term underfunction of the outer portion of the adrenal gland. In medical terms, chronic insufficiency of…
- Delusion A false personal belief that is not subject to reason or contradictory evidence and is not explained by a…