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Travel medicine: A branch of medicine that specializes in diseases and conditions that are acquired during travel. Travelers to different countries should be aware of the potential for acquiring diseases and injury which are not common in…
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Show more- Femara Brand name for letrozole, an oral antiestrogen. Femara inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands…
- Menstrual cycle The monthly cycle of changes in the ovaries and the lining of the uterus (endometrium), starting with the…
- Alcohol poisoning A condition in which a toxic amount of alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) has been drunk, usually in a short…
- Breakbone fever An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache…
- Giardia lamblia Giardia lamblia: A parasite responsible for a contagious form of diarrhea. The parasite is most commonly…
- Ankle The ankle joint is complex. It is made up of two joints: the true ankle joint and the subtalar joint: > >The…
- Local seizure See: Partial seizure
- Contact healing Another name for the alternative medicine practice of laying on of hands. See: Laying on of hands. See also…
- Hypoglycemic Relating to hypoglycemia, an abnormally low level of the sugar glucose in the blood, usually a complication…
- Tylosis A callus or thickening. See: Tylosis with esophageal cancer
- Hormone, estrogenic A female hormone produced by the ovaries (or an equivalent hormone synthesized in the laboratory). Estrogen…
- Blood pressure The blood pressure is the pressure of the blood within the arteries. It is produced primarily by the…