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Breast discharge
The spontaneous flow of fluid from the nipple at any time other than during nursing. This can be due to an unrecognized pregnancy, trauma, surgery, overexercise, or certain drugs. It can also be due to cirrhosis of the liver, false…
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Show more- Primary atelectasis Failure of the lung to expand fully at birth. In contrast to secondary atelectasis in which there is partial…
- Familial eosinophilia An autosomal dominant condition characterized by an abnormally high level of eosinophils in the blood…
- Esophageal speech Speech produced with air trapped in the esophagus and forced out again. People with a laryngectomy (for…
- Endometrial cancer Cancer of the womb (the uterus ). Endometrial cancer occurs most often in women between the ages of 55 and 70…
- Chromosome band One of the transverse bands produced on chromosomes by differential staining techniques. Depending on the…
- Macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom See: Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
- Burn treatment The treatment of burns depends on the depth, area and location of the burn. Burn depth is generally…
- Prosthesis, ocular See: Ocular prosthesis
- Conor and Bruch disease African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Lou Gehrig disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive…
- Alimentary Concerning food, nourishment, and the organs of digestion. From the Latin alimentum meaning nourishment
- Electrolyte An electrolyte is a substance that will dissociate into ions in solution and acquire the capacity to conduct…