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Hemorrhagic fever, epidemic
A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and pain in the muscles, joints and abdomen with nausea and vomiting followed by bleeding into the kidney and elsewhere. Known also…
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- Hodgkin disease British crystallographer and Nobel Prize winner (1910-1994). Dorothy Crowfoot, as she was born, was educated…
- Telogen effluvium >The growing, or anagen, stage is the predominant phase (80% to 90% of a person's hair is usually in the…
- Photokeratitis A burn of the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye) by ultraviolet B rays (UVB). Also called radiation…
- Tight foreskin See Phimosis
- Gyrus occipitotemporalis medialis See: Lingual gyrus
- Radical dissection Removal of not only affected tissue, but also nearby tissue that may be covertly affected
- Amnesia, antegrade See: Antegrade amnesia
- Syndrome, Perrault See: Perrault syndrome
- JP drain The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multiple…
- Dialysis, peritoneal Dialysis, peritoneal: Technique that uses the patient's own body tissues inside of the belly (abdominal…
- Lithotripsy, percutaneous nephro- (PNL) A technique for removing large and/or dense stones and staghorn stones. PNL is done via a port created by…