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Ischial bursitis
Bursitis: Inflammation of the bursa that separates the gluteus maximus muscle of the buttocks from the underlying bony prominence of the bone that we sit on, the ischial tuberosity. Ischial bursitis is a form of bursitis that is usually…
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- Tendo Achilles See: Achilles tendon
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- Virus, human immunodeficiency (HIV) The cause of AIDS. HIV has also been called the human lymphotropic virus type III, the lymphadenopathy-…
- HCV PCR viral detection test See: HCV PCR
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