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Medicine, occupational
The field of medicine encompassing diseases due to factors in the occupation of people. Occupational medicine was founded by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714). His De Morbis Artificium (On Artificially Caused Diseases)…
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- PCT The abbreviation 'PCT' stands for a number of things including porphyria cutanea tarda, literally, the late…
- Two-faced twins Twin: Known medically as diprosopus, two-faced twins are conjoined twins (incompletely separated identical…
- Chronic arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type Lers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type: A genetic disorder characterized by extremely fragile and sagging…
- Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) AFP is a plasma protein that is normally produced by the fetus. It serves as the basis for some useful tests…
- Benign lymphoreticulosis Cat scratch disease, a mild flu-like infection, with swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis) and mild fever of…
- Hallucinogenic 1. As an adjective: Producing hallucinations. From hallucino- + -genic, a word ending meaning producing. 2…
- Leukemia, accelerated phase of Leukemia, accelerated phase of: Refers to chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) that is progressing. The number…
- Mycotoxin A toxin produced by a fungus. A mycotoxin may be formed when grains or some other products become moldy. From…
- Bed blocker A patient who uses a hospital bed for a long period of time because they are chronically ill. The patient…
- Meibomian cyst A cyst of the little glands called Meibomian glands that are located in the eyelids and make a lubricant they…