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Itch, seabather's
An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no…
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- Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Meningitis, neoplastic A condition due to cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges, the tissue…
- Food-secure Referring to the situation when people do not need to live with hunger or fear starvation
- Bubble boy disease Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
- Epi- A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…
- Dementia Dementia: Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with…
- Ataxia telangiectasia mutated See: ATM
- Electrocardiogram Electrocardiogram: A recording of the electrical activity of the heart. An electrocardiogram is a simple…
- Polydactyly (hexadactyly) The presence of an extra, sixth finger or toe, a very common congenital malformation (birth defect). This is…
- Urticaria Another name for the hives. Raised, itchy areas of skin that are usually a sign of an allergic reaction…
- Splenic artery A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…