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Poisoning
Taking a substance that is injurious to health or can cause death. Poisoning is still a major hazard to children, despite child-resistant (and sometimes adult-resistant) packaging and dose-limits per container. See also poison, Poison…
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Show more- Therapy, cell Treatment with cells. A technology that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy…
- Pulmonary stenosis, peripheral, with cholestasis Also known as arteriohepatic dysplasia or Alagille syndrome, this ia a genetic disorder characterized by…
- Onychomycosis Onychomycosis: Fungal infection of the nails. Fungal infections can involve either the toenails or the…
- Epilepsy, temporal lobe See: Epilepsy, temporal-lobe
- Waardenburg, Petrus Johannes See: Stickler syndrome.
- Cranial nerve X The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Ala Alanine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Case-to-infection proportion See: Case-to-infection ratio
- Nyctalopia Night blindness, impaired vision in dim light and in the dark, due to impaired function of certain…
- Dissection, radical neck See: Multiple sclerosis.
- Microscope, fluorescent See: Fluorescent microscope
- Tuberculosis, miliary The presence of numerous sites of tuberculosis infection each of which is minute, due to dissemination of…