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Fever
Fever: Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38…
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Show more- D-IBS Diarrhea-predominant IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
- Leishmaniasis, visceral See: Visceral leishmaniasis
- Shock, psychologic Trauma due to psychological events, as in 'shell shock' (now known as post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Central line A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Melanoma, acral-lentiginous One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, uncommon in whites but the most common type in…
- Tuberculin A protein extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is used in a skin test to determine if a person has…
- Dilated cardiomyopathy A disorder in which the chambers of the heart are dilated (enlarged) because the heart muscle is weakened and…
- Beriberi A syndrome characterized by inflammation of multiple nerves (polyneuritis), heart disease (cardiopathy), and…
- Gun stock deformity See: Cubitus varus
- Test, auditory brainstem response A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Commun. Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission…
- Pecs Slang for the pectoral muscles, muscles of the 'anterior chest' (the front of the chest). The Latin 'pectus'…