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Southeast Asian hemorrhagic fever
A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock). Known also as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), it starts abruptly with high…
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- Fever therapy Fever therapy: Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the…
- Rehydrate To restore lost water to the body tissues and fluids. Prompt rehydration is imperative whenever dehydration…
- Colon cancer, family history of The presence of a history of colorectal cancer in a family. The colon cancer risk is higher if an immediate…
- Photic sneeze reflex A disorder, also known as the achoo syndrome, characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing…
- Case-to-infection proportion See: Case-to-infection ratio
- Syphilitic 1. Relating to syphilis, caused by it, or suffering from it.2. A person with syphilis. From the French…
- Contraceptive, injectable progestin Injectable progestin (Depo-Provera) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for…
- Left ventricle The left lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it out under high…
- Popliteal fossa The hollow behind the knee
- Welt A red bump, ridge or swelling of unbroken skin raised by a stinging blow or by an allergic reaction to foods…
- Kidney disease screening Screening (looking) for early kidney disease in people who are not already known to have it. Kidney disease…