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Polyarteritis nodosa
Polyarteritis nodosa: An autoimmune disease (immune system attacking its own body) characterized by spontaneous inflammation of the arteries (arteritis) of the body. Because arteries are involved, the disease can affect any organ of the…
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Show more- Oath of Maimonides A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…
- Mutation, acquired See: Acquired mutation.
- Methionine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, methionine provides…
- Cockroach allergy Allergy: A condition that manifests as an allergic reaction when one is exposed to tiny particles from…
- Familial breast cancer A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of…
- Hepatico- A combining form used before a consonant to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Mortality rate, maternal The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Angiotensin receptor blocker See: Angiotensin II receptor blocker
- Angioneurotic edema, hereditary Edema, hereditary: A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.)…
- Rate, fetal mortality The ratio of fetal deaths divided by the sum of the births (the live births + the fetal deaths) in that year…
- Rocky Mountain wood tick A tick that can transmit R. rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. This tick is found in the…
- Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis Excessive sweating of the palms and soles. Palm and sole sweating tends to begin around age 13 on the average