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Periodic fever
Recurrences of fever that last from a few days to a few weeks and are separated by symptom-free intervals of varying duration. This pattern of fever can be caused by recurrent infection, malignancy or noninfectious inflammatory disorders…
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Show more- Emotional child abuse Child abuse: Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child…
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Abbreviated BLAST. A computer program that identifies homologous genes in different organisms (such as worms…
- Necrobiosis See: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Cauterization The use of heat to destroy abnormal cells. Also called diathermy or electrodiathermy.
- Medigap Health insurance in the US that is intended to supplement Medicare benefits and presumably to fill the gaps…
- Neuron A nerve cell that sends and receives electrical signals over long distances within the body. A neuron may…
- Hair loss Hair loss: Hair loss is the thinning of hair on the scalp. The medical term for hair loss is alopecia…
- Fievre boutonneuse African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky…
- Hypnosis A part of healing from ancient times. The induction of trance states and the use of therapeutic suggestion…
- B. quintana Also called Rochalimaea quintana), Bartonella quintana is an unusual rickettsial organism that can multiply…
- Pachyderma Thick skin, like that of a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). From the Greek pachydermos…
- Pollenosis See: Pollinosis