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Prostatitis, acute bacterial
Prostatitis, acute bacterial: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The symptoms include chills, fever, pain in the lower back and genital area, body aches, burning or painful urination, and…
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Show more- Dental Association, American (ADA) The mission statement of the ADA reads as follows: 'The ADA is the professional association of dentists…
- Anaesthesia See: Anesthesia
- EDC Estimated date of confinement, the estimated calendar date when the baby will be born
- Pharmacy, compounding A facility that both makes and sells prescription drugs. A compounding pharmacy can often concoct drug…
- Hypodontia and nail dysgenesis A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth (hypodontia) and abnormalities of the nails…
- Innate immunity Immunity that is naturally present and is not due to prior sensitization to an antigen from, for example, an…
- Angiohemophilia See: Von Willebrand disease
- Nucleic acids See nucelic acid
- Dysgraphia A specific developmental disability that affects the person's ability to write. Problems may include…
- Spiral CAT scan A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Single palmar flexion line Simian crease
- UROD Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, an enzyme required for the synthesis of heme, a part of the hemoglobin…