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Thrombocytopenia, heparin-induced
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- Cardiac tamponade A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of blood or other fluid inside the…
- Synovia The joint fluid. The term synovia was invented in 1520 by the Swiss physician (and alchemist) Paracelsus who…
- JEB (junctional epidermolysis bullosa) See: Junctional epidermolysis bullosa
- Periodic fever Recurrences of fever that last from a few days to a few weeks and are separated by symptom-free intervals of…
- Germ cell The eggs and sperm are the germ cells: the reproductive cells. Each mature germ cell is haploid in that it…
- Clostridium perfringens A type of bacteria that is the most common agent of gas gangrene and can also cause food poisoning as well as…