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Prostatitis, acute bacterial
Prostatitis, acute bacterial: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The symptoms include chills, fever, pain in the lower back and genital area, body aches, burning or painful urination, and…
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Show more- Microvascular Pertaining to the microvasculature, the portion of the vasculature of the body consisting of the smaller…
- Polymorphic Pertaining to a polymorphism, a variation in the DNA that is too common to be due merely to new mutation. A…
- Trabecula A partition which divides or partly divides a cavity. > >One of the strands of connective tissue projecting…
- UA Abbreviation for urinalysis, a test that determines the content of the urine. Because urine removes toxins…
- Cramps, menstrual See: Menstrual cramps
- Allergy skin test Allergy skin test: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is triggering…
- Choroid See: Melanoma, choroidal.
- Leishmania infection A parasitic disease, also called leishmaniasis, spread by the bite of sand flies infected with a protozoa…
- Wart Wart: A local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a…
- Binswanger disease A form of dementia with blood vessel abnormalities in the deep white-matter of the brain causing loss of…
- Acute illness A disease with an abrupt onset and usually a short course
- Paricalcitol A vitamin D analogue. Brand name: Zemplar. In 1998 paricalcitol was approved by the FDA for the treatment of…