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Fever, trench
Fever, trench: A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is estimated to have affected more than a million people in Russia and on the fronts in Europe. Trench fever was again a major…
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Show more- Electron microscopy A recording of the eye movements, usually done to confirm the presence of nystagmus. Electronystagmogram may…
- Macrovascular Pertaining to the macrovasculature, the portion of the vasculature of the body comprising the larger vessels…
- Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy A technique for shattering stones such as kidney stones or gallstones with a shock wave produced outside the…
- Cul-de-sac A viewer writes regarding the term 'cul-de-sac': 'I know we live on one. Is there a medical meaning for it?'…
- Foot, athlete A skin infection caused by a fungus called Trichophyton which can thrive and infect the upper layer of the…
- Aleve See: Naproxen
- Cerebral vascular disease See: Cerebrovascular disease
- Ephelides The plural of ephelis, a type of freckle. Ephelis and ephelides are among the many medical terms that are…
- Hogwarts headache Headache: A generalized headache from spending many hours reading an unusually long volume such as one of…
- Arcus senilis A cloudy opaque arc or circle around the edge of the eye, often seen in the eye of the elderly.
- CCP Cyclic citrullinated peptide