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Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
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Show more- Syndrome, Jadassohn-Lewandowski This is a type of what is called pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth). The characteristic…
- Chewing tobacco Tobacco that is chewed, not smoked. A form of smokeless tobacco. Chewing tobacco and snuff are the two main…
- Ophthalmoscopy Examination of the interior of the eye, including the lens, retina and optic nerve, by indirect or direct…
- Race-based therapy See: Race-based drug
- Multislice CT See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Acral-lentiginous melanoma See: Melanoma, acral-lentiginous
- Disease, degenerative joint Also known as osteoarthritis, this type of arthritis is caused by inflammation, breakdown and eventual loss…
- Rectus abdominis A large muscle in the front of the abdomen that assists in the regular breathing movement and supports the…
- Renal vein thrombosis Blood clot in the major vein that drains blood from the kidney
- Deoxyhemoglobin The form of hemoglobin without oxygen, the predominant protein in red blood cells. Hemoglobin forms an…
- Heterotrisomy Trisomy of different chromosomes. The occurrence of two children in the same family, one with trisomy 18 and…
- Beers criteria Criteria for safe medication use in older adults -- for people over 65 years of age. First issued in 1991…