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Anaphylactoid purpura
See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
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Show more- Cesarian section, lower segment (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus
- Anterior cruciate ligament A ligament in the knee that crosses from the underside of the femur (the thigh bone) to the top of the tibia…
- Vascular headache A group of headaches felt to involve abnormal sensitivity of the blood vessels (arteries) in the brain to…
- Obesity Obesity: The state of being well above one's normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be…
- Vaccination, pneumococcal pneumonia
- NIMH Stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S…
- Poisoning, alcohol A condition in which a toxic amount of alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) has been drunk, usually in a short…
- Lifestyle disease A disease associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Lifestyle diseases include…
- Chromosome, dicentric A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome…
- Granuloma A granuloma is one of a number of forms of localized nodular inflammation found in tissues. The fact that a…
- Optic Having to do with vision.
- Neurological Having to do with the nerves or the nervous system