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Dandy fever
An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence (the 'dengue triad') of…
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- Humorism In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Gait A manner of walking. Observation of the gait can provide clues to a number of diagnoses including Parkinson…
- Oil, tropical Coconut, palm kernel or palm oil. Like all fats and oils, these three oils contain various types of fatty…
- Affective disorder, seasonal (SAD) Depression that tends to occur (and recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. It is believed…
- Beryllium A toxic metal found in ores containing other elements that is used in making metal alloys for nuclear…
- ACL Anterior cruciate ligament
- Traumatic brain injury Brain damage from trauma. The three leading causes of death from traumatic brain injury relate to firearms…
- Group therapy 1) A type of psychiatric care in which several patients meet with one or more therapists at the same time…
- Lymphogranuloma venereum Abbreviated LGV. An uncommon genital or anorectal (affecting the anus and/or rectum) infection that is caused…
- Aphasia, nominal See Anomia
- Twin One of two children produced in the same pregnancy and born during the same birth process. Twins can develop…