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Recurrent
Back again. A recurrent fever is a fever that has returned after an intermission: a recrudescent fever
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Show more- Sawyer's extractor A device designed for first aid that suctions venom from the site of a bite of a poisonous snake or lizard
- Seizure, grand mal See: Grand mal
- Nadir The lowest point as, for example, the lowest blood count after chemotherapy, the lowest concentration of a…
- Ankle sprain A common musculoskeletal injury in which the ligaments of the ankle partially or completely tear due to…
- Rickettsia A member of a group of microorganisms that (like viruses) require other living cells for growth but (like…
- Pachyderma Thick skin, like that of a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). From the Greek pachydermos…
- Overactive bladder Overactive bladder: A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary…
- Giant intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski. See: Fasciolopsis
- Glycemic index An indicator of the ability of different types of foods that contain carbohydrate to raise the blood glucose…
- Vestibule, vaginal The vaginal opening is called the vestibule of the vagina. In medicine, a vestibule is a space or cavity at…
- Neck The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders. Also, any narrow or constricted part of a bone or…
- Continuous positive airway pressure See: CPAP.