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Large-cell lymphoma
A novel type of bacterium first isolated in Hong Kong in 2001 from the blood and empyema (pus in the chest) of a man with alcoholic cirrhosis. Laribacter hongkongensis has been associated with (but not yet proven to cause)…
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Show more- Saddle sore 1. Sore from riding on a saddle such as on a horse or bike. 2. A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting…
- Fourth stage of labor The hour or two after delivery when the tone of the uterus is established and the uterus contracts down again…
- Slipped disc Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center of the disc…
- Toddler A young child who is learning to walk with short unsteady steps. The word toddle is of unknown origin
- Venous catheter, central See: Catheter, central venous
- Syndrome, Shprintzen See: Velocardiofacial syndrome
- Progressive infantile poliodystrophy Ers: A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity (tightness), myoclonus and…
- Paralysis, vocal cord Paralysis, vocal cord: Inability of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move. The paralysis is usually…
- Irradiation, food See: Food irradiation
- Clitoris A small mass of erectile tissue situated at the anterior apex of the vestibule.
- Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Valves, heart There are four heart valves. All are one-way valves. Blood entering the heart first passes through the…