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Bubo
An enlarged lymph node ('swollen gland') that is tender and painful, particularly in the groin and armpit (the axilla). A feature of a number of infectious diseases including gonorrhea, syphilis, tuberculosis, and the plague. Hence, the…
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Show more- HHS Acronym for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also known as DHHS. The U.S. Department of…
- Tetraethyl lead Tetraethyl lead.
- Infantile beriberi Disease in infants due to deficiency of thiamine. This disease is well-known in undeveloped countries among…
- Mesodermal Pertaining to the mesoderm or to tissues derived from the mesoderm
- SEER The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Ends Results (SEER) program that maintains statistics on cancer in the…
- Storm surge The onshore rush of sea or lake water caused primarily by the high winds that are associated with a…
- Anaphia The inability to feel touch. From the Greek prefix an, not + Greek haphe, touch = inability to (feel) touch…
- Juxta- The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaarticular is composed…
- Midwife, traditional See: Traditional midwife
- Sex chromosome The X chromosome or the Y chromosome, in humans. The sex chromosomes determine the sex of an individual. As a…
- Hypopharyngeal diverticulum See: Zenker diverticulum
- Oral moniliasis Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by a fungus formerly called Monilia, now known as Candida…