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Burn, first degree
A superficial burn with similar characteristics to a typical sun burn. The skin is red in color and sensation is intact. In fact, it is usually somewhat painful
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Show more- Mastectomy, preventative Removal of one or both breasts without the current presence of cancer. This surgery is sometimes chosen as a…
- ADR Adverse drug reaction. See: Adverse reaction..
- Analysis, linkage Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and…
- Ophthalmology The art and science of eye medicine.
- Epigenetic Something that affects a cell, organ or individual without directly affecting its DNA. An epigenetic change…
- Syndrome, Menkes See: Menkes syndrome
- E. coli O157:H7 A dangerous form of Escherichia coli, the colon bacillus, a bacterium that normally lives in the human colon…
- CSF 1. Cerebrospinal fluid.2. Colony-stimulating factor
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi…
- Achillobursitis Pain due to inflammation of the bursa associated with the Achilles tendon. . The Achilles tendon is one of…
- Placebo-controlled A term used to describe a method of research in which an inactive substance (a placebo) is given to one group…
- Count, absolute CD4 See: Absolute CD4 count