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GBS
Group B strep (or George Bernard Shaw). See also Group B streptococcus infection
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- RP Retinitis pigmentosa
- Dysplasia Abnormal in form. From the Greek dys- (bad, disordered, abnormal) and plassein (to form). For example…
- Labial herpes Herpes: A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before…
- Herpetiform virus A virus with the characteristic shape and behavior of a virus in the herpes family. Not all members of the…
- Oscitation The act of yawning, the involuntary opening of the mouth with respiration, breathing first inward, then…
- Atresia Absence of a normal opening or failure of a structure to be tubular. Atresia can affect many structures in…
- Analgesic drug A drug designed to control pain. Analgesic comes from the Greek an-, without + algesis, sense of pain =…
- Fever, valley A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Colon The part of the large intestine that runs from the cecum to the rectum as a long hollow tube that serves to…