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Show more- Vibrio A group of bacteria that includes Vibrio cholerae, the agent of cholera, (a devastating and sometimes lethal…
- Intra-arterial pressure The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the arterial tension
- Shoulder pain Pain in the shoulder due to an injury or disease. The design of the shoulder joint is such that it sacrifices…
- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes: See: Diabetes, gestational.
- Prosthesis An artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth, eye, a facial bone, the…
- Papillary tumor A tumor shaped like a small mushroom with its stem attached to the inner lining of the bladder
- Syphilis, tertiary The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- FCC In medicine, familial colorectal cancer (not the Federal Communications Commission)
- Pain, chest See: Chest pain
- Transmyocardial laser revascularization A procedure by which a physician uses a laser to make holes in the heart to relieve the pain of severe…
- Familial lung cancer Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family…
- PGF Placental growth factor