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Acute abdomen
The abrupt (acute) onset of abdominal pain. A potential medical emergency, an acute abdomen may reflect a major problem with one of the organs in the abdomen such as the appendix (being inflamed = appendicitis), the gallbladder (inflamed =…
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- Mycobacterium chelonae A type of bacteria related to that which causes tuberculosis and which is commonly found in soil and…
- Disease, Werner-His Named for the German physician Heinrich Werner (who did not describe Werner's premature aging syndrome) and…
- Brittle diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Fovea centralis See: Fovea.
- Arthritis, psoriatic Joint inflammation associated with psoriasis
- Leech therapy The use of leeches in medical treatment. Once used as an almost universal cure, leeches were largely…
- Eyelash One of the familiar stiff hairs that project from the margin of the eyelid. Eyelashes tend to be noticed…
- Prominent vertebra The 7th cervical (neck) vertebra (C7) is sometimes called the prominent vertebra because of the length of its…
- Childbirth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Acrodynia Pain in the extremities (the hands and feet)
- Disease, alveolar hydatid See Nail-patella syndrome.