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Angiomatosis, bacillary
A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch most often seen today in people with HIV. The disease characteristically presents with swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis), sore throat, fatigue, and fever, chills, sweats, vomiting, loss of…
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Show more- Atonic Without normal muscle tone or strength. An atonic seizure is one in which the person suddenly loses muscle…
- Enteropathy, gluten See: Gluten enteropathy
- Zaleplon Zaleplon: Brand name: Sonata. A sedative hypnotic drug in a class closely related the benzodiazepines…
- Hypoglycemia unawareness Hypoglycemia unawareness: A complication of diabetes in which the patient is unaware of a deep drop in blood…
- Supernumerary placenta A succenturiate or accessory placenta
- Veisalgia The sober medical term for a hangover. 'There is no consensus definition of veisalgia ('alcohol…
- Diff dx Abbreviation for differential diagnosis, the process of weighing the probability of one disease versus that…
- Polio vaccine, killed See: Polio vaccine, inactivated
- BMD (bone mineral density) Abbreviation for bone mineral density and, the synonymous term, bone mass density. See: Bone mass density.
- Spinocerebellar ataxia Ataxia with malfunction of the cerebellum
- Syndrome, cartilage hair hypoplasia See: Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
- Vector, cloning A DNA molecule originating from a virus, a plasmid (see below) or the cell of a higher organism into which…