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Vincent angina
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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Show more- Duchenne-Erb palsy See: Erb palsy
- Natriuresis The excretion of an excessively large amount of sodium in the urine. Natriuresis is similar to diuresis (the…
- Proto-oncogene A normal gene which, when altered by mutation, becomes an oncogene that can contribute to cancer…
- Test, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed -ABS): A blood serum screening test for syphilis designed to demonstrate the presence or absence of specific…
- Development, Human, . . . (NICHD) Of Child Health and (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Spasm, coronary artery See: Coronary artery spasm
- APC (medication) Aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine (a pill containing all three)
- Virus A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus…
- Virtual colonoscopy Virtual colonoscopy: A method for examining the colon by taking a series of x-rays and then using a computer…
- Salient Standing out. Projecting. When the true nature of a disease is poorly understood, it is often classified by…
- Southeast Asian hemorrhagic fever A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Macules Small circumscribed changes in the color of skin that are neither raised (elevated) nor depressed. Macules…