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- Insecticide-treated bednet A bednet that has been treated with insecticide to protect against mosquitos and malaria. 'Provision of…
- Seizure, Jacksonian See: Jacksonian seizure
- Fever, familial Mediterranean (FMF) An inherited disorder featuring short recurring crises of severe abdominal pain and bouts of fever. Other…
- Post-thrombotic syndrome The complications that may follow deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The complications after DVT may include…
- Burn Damage to the skin or other body parts caused by extreme heat, flame, contact with heated objects, or…
- Immunization, measles Measles: See Immunization, MMR
- SCID Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
- Colonoscopy Colonoscopy: A procedure in which a long flexible viewing tube (a colonoscope) is threaded up through the…
- Fever, jail See: Typhus, epidemic
- Selenocysteine An amino acid in which selenium takes the place of sulfur in the amino acid cysteine. Its formula is…