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Sting, insect
Stings from large stinging insects such as yellow jackets, bees, hornets and wasps can trigger allergic reactions varying greatly in severity. Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential. In selected cases, allergy injection therapy is…
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Show more- Osteotomy, displacement Surgical reconfiguration of a bone by changing its physical relationship to other bones
- Adenitis Inflammation of a gland. From the aden-, gland + -itis, inflammation
- Trachelectomy Surgical removal of the cervix, the lower portion of the uterus that protrudes into the vagina. Trachelectomy…
- Tsutsugamushi disease A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with…
- Turgor Gree of elasticity of skin, sometimes referred to as skin turgor. The assessment of skin turgor is used…
- D and C Stands for dilatation and curettage. This is a very common gynecologic procedure in which the cervix of the…
- Papules Small solid rounded bumps rising from the skin that are each usually less than 1 centimeter in diameter (less…
- Cogan syndrome Arteritis (also referred to as vasculitis) that involves the ear. This condition is called Cogan syndrome…
- Vasodepressor syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. (Syncope is temporary loss of…
- Idiocy, amaurotic familial An outdated term for Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) which is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance…
- Fever, cat scratch A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The disease…
- Completely-in-the-canal hearing aid The smallest and most discreet of the common styles of hearing instruments. Completely-in-the-canal (CIC)…