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Tinea incognito
Tinea corporis, a common fungal infection of the skin, better known as ringworm, whose appearance has been modified by the application of high-potency topical steroids in a way that renders it no longer visually diagnostic. Tinea incognito…
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Show more- Heterosexuality Sexuality directed toward someone of the opposite sex
- Dural Pertaining to the dura
- Ascorbic acid Vitamin C, an essential nutrient found mainly in fruits and vegetables. The body requires it to form and…
- Chondrodysplasia, metaphyseal (McKusick type) See: Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
- Binocular diplopia See: Diplopia, binocular
- Case-to-infection ratio The ratio of the number of cases of a disease compared to the number of infections with the agent that causes…
- Medical helminthology The field of medicine that pertains to helminths (worms) capable of disease in people. For more about these…
- Fetal distress Compromise of the fetus during the antepartum period (before labor) or intrapartum period (birth process)…
- Node Literally a knot, a node is a collection of tissue. For example a lymph node, is a collection of lymphoid…
- Disorder, autoimmune See Autoimmune disease
- Med-school syndrome See: Medical school syndrome
- Scrub 1. As a verb, to wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as before engaging in surgery. To scrub implies…