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Tinea barbae
A superficial fungal infection of the skin, affecting the bearded area of the face and neck, with swellings and marked crusting, often with itching, sometimes causing the hair to break off. Also known as ringworm. In the days when men went…
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Show more- Syndrome, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker This condition is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately…
- Panacea A universal remedy, a cure-all. The word 'panacea' comes from the name of Panaceia, the daughter of…
- Fat requirements, infant Fat in human milk provides 30%-35% of the total daily caloric needs for a growing infant. Manufacturers of…
- FBN1 The fibrillin 1 gene. This gene is mutated in Marfan syndrome, the MASS syndrome, and related disorders of…
- Exonuclease An enzyme that cleaves nucleotide bases sequentially from the free ends of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
- Emerging infectious disease An infectious disease that has newly appeared in a population or that has been known for some time but is…
- Thromboembolism Formation in a blood vessel of a clot (thrombus) that breaks loose and is carried by the blood stream to plug…
- Pachydermatous 1. Thick-skinned like a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). 2. By extension, insensitive
- Labyrinth The maze of canals in the inner ear. The labyrinth is the portion of the ear that is responsible for sensing…
- Fats Plural of the word 'fat'. See the definition of fat
- Hansen's bacillus See: Hansen bacillus
- Disease, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Osgood-Schlatter: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the…