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Exanthem subitum
Means a sudden rash. A viral disease of infants and young children with sudden onset of high fever which lasts several days and then suddenly subsides leaving in its wake a fine red rash. The causative agent is herpesvirus type 6 so the…
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Show more- Vision, peripheral See: Peripheral vision
- Olfactory disorder A loss in the ability to smell or a change in the way odors are perceived. Reduction of the sense of smell is…
- Referred pain Pain felt at a site other than where the cause is situated. An example is the pain from the pancreas, which…
- NLM (National Library of Medicine) The world's largest medical library, the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is part of the National…
- Presenteeism The problem of workers being on the job but, because of medical conditions, not fully functioning. The health…
- Margaret Mead See: Mead, Margaret
- Abrasion An abrasion or 'excoriation' is a wearing away of the upper layer of skin as a result of applied friction…
- Leptospirosis Leptospirosis: An infectious disease caused by a particular type of bacteria called a spirochete transmitted…
- Microvascular Pertaining to the microvasculature, the portion of the vasculature of the body consisting of the smaller…
- Smallpox vaccination in eczema See Eczema vaccinatum
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) A virus that infects 50-85% of adults in the US by age 40 and is also the virus most frequently transmitted…
- CRC 1. Colorectal cancer or colorectal carcinoma. 2. Clinical Research Center. 3. Canadian Research Council