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Hemiplegia, alternating
See: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
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Show more- Th3 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell
- Metered dose inhaler See: Metered-dose inhaler
- Condyloma A wartlike growth around the anus, vulva, or glans penis. There are three major types of condylomas, each of…
- Trypanosoma cruzi The parasitic microorganism that causes Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease
- Deficiency, selenium Lack of the essential mineral selenium, which can cause Keshan disease, a fatal form of cardiomyopathy…
- Hereditary prostate cancer Prostate cancer: A genetic form of prostate cancer. The risk of prostate cancer is clearly genetic. Men with…
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan See: Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
- Nasal septum perforation A hole in the nasal septum, the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing it into two sides…
- Immunization, infectious hepatitis See Immunization, hepatitis A
- Invest In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
- Stem cell harvest The taking of stem cells for use in cancer or other treatment. Usually these cells are taken from the…
- Dressler syndrome Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart) after a heart attack…