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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- Hangover A common nonmedical term for the disagreeable physical effects following excessive consumption of alcohol (or…
- Chromosome complement The whole set of chromosomes for the species. In humans, the chromosome complement (which is also called the…
- Reflex, quadriceps See: Knee jerk
- Miosis Contraction of the pupil. The opposite of mydriasis.
- Aperient Laxative. Used both as a noun (an aperient is a laxative) and adjective (prunes are an aperient fruit). From…
- Starttheweekendearlyitis See: Fridayitis
- Subscapular Under the scapula, like the subscapularis muscle, which originates beneath the scapula.
- Absence of the breast A rare condition wherein the normal growth of the breast or nipple never takes place. They are congenitally…
- Hard measles An acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash…
- Meuse fever Fever: Named for the Meuse River area, one of the great battlegrounds of World War I. Also known as trench…
- PUBS (percutaneous umbilical blood sampling) In PUBS, a needle is inserted through the mother's abdominal wall and the uterine wall and usually blood is…
- Neoplasia The process of abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells. The product of neoplasia is a neoplasm (a tumor)