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- Anal atresia Congenital absence of an opening at the bottom end of the intestinal tract. Also called imperforate anus…
- Rosacea Rosacea: A chronic skin disease that affects the middle third of the face with persistent redness over the…
- Gaucher disease Gaucher disease: A series of 5 diseases due to deficient activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading…
- Serial transverse enteroplasty Abbreviated STEP. A surgical procedure designed to treat the short bowel syndrome. STEP is based on the idea…
- Sweet wormwood A Chinese herb (also called qinghaosu) from which is extracted the antimalarial agent artemisinin
- Genital Pertaining to the external and internal organs of reproduction. (Not to be confused with genetic.)
- General paresis Progressive dementia and generalized paralysis due to chronic inflammation of the covering and substance of…
- ACC Adenoid cystic carcinoma
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- Immunization, polio One of the two polio vaccines that are available: oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine…