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Placental chorioangioma
A benign vascular (blood vessel) tumor of the placenta (afterbirth). Large chorioangiomas cause complications including excess amniotic fluid (polyhydramnios), maternal and fetal clotting problems (coagulopathies), premature delivery…
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Show more- Infection, yeast Infection due to fungal organisms which have the characteristic of being single-celled, usually rounded and…
- Posthitis Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis). In the uncircumcised male, posthitis and balanitis…
- European typhus See: Typhus, epidemic
- Glutamate A form of glutamic acid. See: Glutamic acid
- Burp 1. Gas brought up from the stomach through the mouth producing a gutteral noise.2. As a verb, to bring up gas…
- Bullous Characterized by blistering, such as in a second-degree burn. Bullous is the adjective for bulla. A bulla is…
- Valve, pulmonary One of the four valves in the heart, the pulmonary valve stands at the opening from the right ventricle in…
- Peyronie disease A syndrome of craniosynostosis (premature fusion of the cranial sutures) due to mutation in FGFR (fibroblast…
- Snuffbox, anatomical A hollow seen on the radial aspect (the thumbside) of the dorsum (the back) of the wrist when the thumb is…
- Syphilis test (FTA-ABS) The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed (FTA-ABS) test for syphilis is a blood serum screening test…
- Osteitis deformans Better known today as Paget disease, this is a chronic bone disorder that typically results in enlarged…
- Mucositis Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the digestive tract from the mouth on down to the anus. Mucositis…